hook spanner

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   a wrench with a hook that fits over a nut or bolt head

   Synonymshook wrench

   Broaderwrench

Questions about hook spanner

What does hook spanner mean?

hook spanner means "a wrench with a hook that fits over a nut or bolt head".

What is another word for hook spanner?

Close synonyms include hook wrench. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hook spanner a common word?

hook spanner is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.