Meanings
plural spare parts
- A component of any manufactured goods, kept in reserve to replace one that fails; a spare.
It is extremely difficult to obtain spare parts from abroad, and these are manufactured in the shops [workshops].
1945 November and December, H. R. Fox, “The Jamaica Railway, 1845-1945”, in Railway Magazine, page 3171 more example
As for the rest, Steward says: " I suspect probably only 40 to 50 may have a future on the rails, and the others will be componentised. As with all industries, recycling is a very big thing. There's a lot of value in the spare parts."
2025 October 29, James Steward tells Joe Campbell, “Thriving on the stock exchange”, in RAIL, page 47
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan extra component of a machine or other apparatus
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic قِطْعَة غَيَار
- قِطْعَة غَيَار (qiṭʕa ḡayār)component kept in reserve
Bulgarian резервна част
- резервна част (rezervna čast)component kept in reserve
Chinese Mandarin 零件, 備用零件 /备用零件
- 零件 (língjiàn)component kept in reserve
- 備用零件 /备用零件 (bèiyòng língjiàn)component kept in reserve
Czech náhradní díl
- náhradní dílcomponent kept in reserve
Danish reservedel
- reservedelcomponent kept in reserve
Dutch reserveonderdeel, reservedeel
- reserveonderdeelcomponent kept in reserve
- reservedeelcomponent kept in reserve
- wisselstukcomponent kept in reserve
Estonian varuosa
- varuosacomponent kept in reserve
Finnish varaosa
- varaosacomponent kept in reserve
French pièce de rechange, pièce détachée
- pièce de rechangecomponent kept in reserve
- pièce détachéecomponent kept in reserve
German Ersatzteil
- Ersatzteilcomponent kept in reserve
Greek ανταλλακτικό
- ανταλλακτικό (antallaktikó)component kept in reserve
Hungarian pótalkatrész
- pótalkatrészcomponent kept in reserve
Indonesian onderdil, suku cadang
- onderdilcomponent kept in reserve
- suku cadangcomponent kept in reserve
Italian ricambio, pezzo di ricambio
- ricambiocomponent kept in reserve
- pezzo di ricambiocomponent kept in reserve
Japanese スペアパーツ, 予備パーツ
- スペアパーツ (supeapātsu)component kept in reserve
- 予備パーツ (yobi-pātsu)component kept in reserve
Korean 예비 부품
- 예비 부품 (yebi bupum)component kept in reserve
Malay alat ganti
- alat ganticomponent kept in reserve
Norwegian Bokmål reservedel
- reservedelcomponent kept in reserve
Polish część zapasowa, część zamienna
- część zapasowacomponent kept in reserve
- część zamiennacomponent kept in reserve
Portuguese sobressalente
- sobressalentecomponent kept in reserve
Romanian piesă de schimb
- piesă de schimbcomponent kept in reserve
Russian запасна́я часть, запчасть
- запасна́я часть (zapasnája častʹ)component kept in reserve
- запчасть (zapčastʹ)component kept in reserve
- запасна́я дета́ль (zapasnája detálʹ)component kept in reserve
Spanish pieza de repuesto, pieza de recambio
- pieza de repuestocomponent kept in reserve
- pieza de recambiocomponent kept in reserve
- repuestocomponent kept in reserve
- refaccióncomponent kept in reserve
- reténcomponent kept in reserve
- recambiocomponent kept in reserve
Swahili spea
- speacomponent kept in reserve
Swedish reservdel
- reservdelcomponent kept in reserve
Tagalog bahaging timbos
- bahaging timboscomponent kept in reserve
Thai อะไหล่
- อะไหล่ (à-lài)component kept in reserve
Ukrainian запасна́ части́на, запчасти́на
- запасна́ части́на (zapasná častýna)component kept in reserve
- запчасти́на (zapčastýna)component kept in reserve
Cite this entry
spare part. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spare%20part
“spare part.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spare%20part. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spare part,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spare%20part.
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