Meanings
plural adjustable spanners
- UKAn adjustable hand tool for tightening and loosening nuts and bolts.
Synonyms: adjustable wrench, adjustable, shifting spanner, shifter
- UKoftenspecificallyThe open-end type of such a tool with a worm-drive thumbwheel.
Synonyms: adjustable wrench, adjustable, shifting spanner, shifter, Crescent wrench, crescent wrench, crescent spanner
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn adjustable hand tool for tightening and loosening nuts and bolts.
nounThe open-end type of such a tool with a worm-drive thumbwheel.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Basque giltza zabalgarri, giltza ingelesa
- giltza zabalgarriadjustable hand tool
- giltza ingelesaadjustable hand tool
Catalan clau anglesa
- clau anglesaadjustable hand tool
Chinese Mandarin 活動扳手 /活动扳手
- 活動扳手 /活动扳手adjustable hand tool
Danish svensknøgle, skruenøgle
- svensknøgleadjustable hand tool
- skruenøgleadjustable hand tool
- skiftenøgleadjustable hand tool
Dutch Engelse sleutel
- Engelse sleuteladjustable hand tool
Finnish jakoavain
- jakoavainadjustable hand tool
French clé à molette, clé anglaise
- clé à moletteadjustable hand tool
- clé anglaiseadjustable hand tool
- clé à crémaillèreadjustable hand tool
German Rollgabelschlüssel, Engländer
- Rollgabelschlüsseladjustable hand tool
- Engländeradjustable hand tool
Greek γαλλικό κλειδί
- γαλλικό κλειδί (gallikó kleidí)adjustable hand tool
Hebrew מפתח שוודי
- מפתח שוודי (maftéaḥ shvédi)adjustable hand tool
Italian chiave regolabile, chiave a rullino
- chiave regolabileadjustable hand tool
- chiave a rullinoadjustable hand tool
Norwegian Bokmål skiftenøkkel
- skiftenøkkeladjustable hand tool
Persian آچار فرانسه
- آچار فرانسه (âčâr farânse)adjustable hand tool
Polish klucz nastawny, klucz francuski
- klucz nastawnyadjustable hand tool
- klucz francuskiadjustable hand tool
Portuguese chave inglesa
- chave inglesaadjustable hand tool
Romanian cheie reglabilă, cheie engleză
- cheie reglabilăadjustable hand tool
- cheie englezăadjustable hand tool
Russian разводной гаечный ключ
- разводной гаечный ключ (razvodnoj gaječnyj ključ)adjustable hand tool
Spanish llave inglesa, llave francesa
- llave inglesaadjustable hand tool
- llave francesaadjustable hand tool
- llave ajustableadjustable hand tool
Swedish skiftnyckel
- skiftnyckeladjustable hand tool
Turkish İngiliz anahtarı, kurbağacık
- İngiliz anahtarıadjustable hand tool
- kurbağacıkadjustable hand tool
Vietnamese mỏ lết
- mỏ lếtadjustable hand tool
Cite this entry
adjustable spanner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adjustable%20spanner
“adjustable spanner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adjustable%20spanner. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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