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wrenches

/ˈɹɛnt͡ʃɪz/

wrenches is the plural of wrench.

wrenches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of wrench.

Meaning of wrench

Noun

wrench (plural wrenches)

  1. A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug.
    • With a wrench, which threw his victim back upon the bed as though hurled from a height, he turned and sprang at us.1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Westminster [London]: Archibald Constable and Company, […], →OCLC
  2. An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain.
  3. (obsolete) A trick or artifice.
  4. (obsolete) Deceit; guile; treachery.
  5. (obsolete) A turn at an acute angle.
  6. (archaic) A winch or windlass.

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Proper noun capitalized: Wrenches

Wrenches

  1. (plural) plural of Wrench

Phrases with wrenches

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Questions about wrenches

What is wrenches the plural of?
Wrenches is the plural of wrench.
What part of speech is wrenches?
Wrenches is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce wrenches?
Wrenches is pronounced /ˈɹɛnt͡ʃɪz/.

Words near wrenches in the dictionary

  1. wrench in the works
  2. wrench react
  3. wrenched
  4. wrencher
  5. wrenchers
  6. wrenches
  7. wrenches in the works
  8. wrencheth
  9. wrenchful
  10. wrenching
  11. wrenchingly

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