Synonyms for spar

Grammar : Verb

Spell : spahr

Phonetic Transcription : spɑr

Définition of spar

Origin : "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.

verb scrap
verb fight

Example sentences :

You just spar with yourself and get limbered up, while I put some wood on the fire.
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

The man was placed horizontally on a base board beneath the spar.
Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell

Every man and spar and oar on the vessel seemed burning in its light.
Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall

The sheet is led aft to a spar that projects beyond the counter.
Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates

When she appeared he caught her in his arms as if she were a spar and he a drowning sailor.
Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes

There was but the length of a spar between us, and yet it was enough!
Extract from : « Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida » by Ouida

And scarcely that span of the length of a spar had parted us from him when he sank!
Extract from : « Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida » by Ouida

The spar in all this cave is very brilliant, and almost equal to Bristol stone.
Extract from : « A Tour in Ireland » by Arthur Young

One uses Iceland spar under colossal pressures, that is all.
Extract from : « The Worlds of If » by Stanley Grauman Weinbaum

We gave him a rope to lash him to his spar, and lost sight of him.
Extract from : « Kilgorman » by Talbot Baines Reed

Antonyms for spar

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