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spar

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verbscrap

verbfight

Word Origin & History

"stout pole," c.1300, "rafter," from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch sparre, from Proto-Germanic *sparron (cf. Old English *spere "spear, lance," Old Norse sperra "rafter, beam"), from PIE root *sper- "spear, pole" (see spear (n.1)). Nautical use dates from 1640. Also borrowed in Old French as esparre, which may have been the direct source of the English word.

Example Sentences for spar

You just spar with yourself and get limbered up, while I put some wood on the fire.

The man was placed horizontally on a base board beneath the spar.

Every man and spar and oar on the vessel seemed burning in its light.

The sheet is led aft to a spar that projects beyond the counter.

When she appeared he caught her in his arms as if she were a spar and he a drowning sailor.

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Synonyms for spar

verb scrap

argue
quarrel
box
fight

Antonyms for spar

agree

More words related to spar

bandy

noun. verbal exchange

banter
barter
carriage
cart
discuss
exchange
spar
swap
toss
trade

bar

noun. rod; straight length of material

batten
billet
boom
crossbar
crosspiece
ingot
lever
paling
pig
pole
rail
rib
rule
shaft
slab
spar
spoke
stake
stick
streak
strip
stripe
stroke

beam

noun. length of material used as support

axle
bail
balk
bolster
boom
brace
cantilever
column
crossbar
crosspiece
girder
jamb
joist
lath
lintel
pile
piling
pillar
plank
pole
post
prop
rafter
reach
scaffolding
scantling
shaft
sill
spar
stanchion
stay
stringer
strip
strut
stud
timber
transverse
trestle
two-by-four

bicker

verb. nastily argue

altercate
brawl
caterwaul
cause a scene
cavil
dig
disagree
dispute
fall out
fight
hassle
pick at
quarrel
quibble
row
scrap
scrape
spar
spat
squabble
tiff
trade zingers
wrangle

bickering