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Meaning of Spar | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
spɑː

Definitions

  1. A surname.
  2. A rafter of a roof.
  3. A sparring session; a preliminary fight, as in boxing or cock-fighting.
  4. Any of various microcrystalline minerals, of light, translucent, or transparent appearance, which are easily cleft.
    countable, uncountable
  5. A thick pole or piece of wood.
  6. A friend, a mate, a pal.
    Multicultural-London-English
  7. Any crystal with readily discernible faces.
    countable, uncountable
  8. A bar of wood used to fasten a door.
    obsolete
  9. Any linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff.
  10. A beam-like structural member that supports ribs in an aircraft wing or other airfoil.

Equivalents

Examples

“The Prince staid not his aunswere to devize, / But, opening streight the Sparre, forth to him came […].”
“KLASHNEKOFF: I take two glass then pass the spliff to my spars.”
“'Ello clart! How are you doin' spar? Let's have a look at your mobile phone there, that's fuckin' posh, innit?[…]that's fuckin' safe, spar!”
“I don't care if you got friends in your car. Light up your whip and all of your spars.”
“Trying to explain to my spars how it is over a spliff. Arguing, cause the media got 'em locked under their lids.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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