crescent spanner
An open-end adjustable spanner with a worm-drive thumbwheelAn open-end adjustable spanner with a worm-drive thumbwheel. When the term adjustable spanner or adjustable wrench is used, this type (branded with any of many brands) is usually the type meant.
Значення
значень: 2(Австралія, Нова Зеландія, ширше, ідіома, розмовне)An open-end adjustable spanner with a worm-drive thumbwheel. When the term adjustable spanner or adjustable wrench is used, this type (branded with any of many brands) is usually the type meant.
(розмовне)Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: any spanner made by the namesake company, which makes many tools.
Походження
A genericization of the trade name of a company famous for making them (although it did noA genericization of the trade name of a company famous for making them (although it did not invent them); details are at Wikipedia. The trademark is still protected, and this genericized term is only informal and loose. Compare kleenex and coke.
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множина: crescent spanners| Однина | crescent spanner |
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