monkey-wrench

1. 1.

   adjustable wrench that has one fixed and one adjustable jaw

   Synonymsmonkey wrench

   Broaderadjustable wrench

Questions about monkey-wrench

What does monkey-wrench mean?

monkey-wrench means "adjustable wrench that has one fixed and one adjustable jaw".

How many syllables are in monkey-wrench?

monkey-wrench has 3 syllables: mon-key--wrench. The stress falls on "mon".

What is another word for monkey-wrench?

Close synonyms include monkey 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 monkey-wrench a common word?

monkey-wrench 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.