spar

About 0.66 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A rafter of a roof.
2. noun A thick pole or piece of wood.
3. noun A bar of wood used to fasten a door.
4. noun Any linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff.
5. noun A beam-like structural member that supports ribs in an aircraft wing or other airfoil.
6. verb To bolt, bar.
7. verb To supply or equip (a vessel) with spars.
8. verb To fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat.

Similar words

economical thrifty frugal stinting scotch box pole shadowbox varnish mast

Often followed by

and with is deck or of in to varnish

Word family

SPAR SPARs sparred sparring spars