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flare-nut wrench

flare-nut wrench noun: an open spanner (wrench) to tighten fragile nuts, such as flare nuts, not accessible to a ring spanner (box end wrench) or box spanner (tube spanner).

Noun

flare-nut wrench (plural flare-nut wrenches)

  1. An open spanner (wrench) to tighten fragile nuts, such as flare nuts, not accessible to a ring spanner (box end wrench) or box spanner (tube spanner).

Forms of flare-nut wrench

pluralflare-nut wrenches
alternative formflare nut wrench

Questions about flare-nut wrench

What does flare-nut wrench mean?
Flare-nut wrench means an open spanner (wrench) to tighten fragile nuts, such as flare nuts, not accessible to a ring spanner (box end wrench) or box spanner (tube spanner).
What part of speech is flare-nut wrench?
Flare-nut wrench is a noun.
What is the plural of flare-nut wrench?
The plural of flare-nut wrench is flare-nut wrenches.

Words near flare-nut wrench in the dictionary

  1. flare stacks
  2. flare tower
  3. flare towers
  4. flare up
  5. flare ups
  6. flare-nut wrench
  7. flare-up
  8. flare-ups
  9. flareability
  10. flareable
  11. flareback

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