Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A wrench with two serrated jaws, one adjustable, for gripping and turning pipe.
Wiktionary
- n. An adjustable wrench (British spanner) with a toothed jaw for gripping pipe, frequently used by a plumber or pipe fitter, to loosen and tighten pipes with threaded connections.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. a jawed tool for gripping a pipe, in turning or holding it.
WordNet 3.0
- n. adjustable wrench for gripping and turning a pipe; has two serrated jaws that are adjusted to grip the pipe
Examples
“Denny Moser, who during the last Seven had come after Fox with a pipe wrench and murder on his mind.”
“He hesitated briefly, shrugged and, not without some difficulty, pulled a heavy, gleaming drop-forged steel pipe wrench from the pocket.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘pipe wrench’.
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TECH - tools
A very wide category. There are possibly tens of thousands tool words in each of the world's languages.
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Piper
Words containing *pipe*.
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song starters (twisted song starters)
Words/phrases inextricably tied to the songs they're in, sparking off earworms here there & everywhere (there's one, to start with). Only my own personal examples.
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hernesheir Also, Stillson wrench. Jun 18, 2010