tool wrench
71adjustable wrench — ad,justable wrench noun count AMERICAN a WRENCH (=metal tool for making things tighter or looser) with a head that can be moved to work on NUTS and BOLTS of different sizes …
72box wrench — A tool designed to secure or remove a bolt or nut. Each end of the wrench fits around the bolt head or nut. British term for ring spanner. In contrast, see open end wrench …
73left-handed monkey wrench — n. a nonexistent tool. (New workers are sometimes sent to fetch nonexistent tools. See also sky hook.) □ Hand me the left handed monkey wrench, huh? □ Do you think you can dig up a left handed monkey wrench? …
74socket wrench — noun a wrench with a handle onto which sockets of different sizes can be fitted • Hypernyms: ↑wrench, ↑spanner • Part Meronyms: ↑socket * * * noun, pl ⋯ wrenches [count] US : a tool that has a part which fits over the end of a bolt or nut and is… …
75drain plug wrench — A tool for removing and tightening drain plugs, e.g., on transmissions and engine sumps, either as a multi purpose tool with a number of different drives in the form of hexagonal or square projections at either end for different drain plugs, or… …
76Pipe wrench — Pipe Pipe, n. [AS. p[=i]pe, probably fr. L. pipare, pipire, to chirp; of imitative origin. Cf. {Peep}, {Pibroch}, {Fife}.] 1. A wind instrument of music, consisting of a tube or tubes of straw, reed, wood, or metal; any tube which produces… …
77Allen wrench — [ˈælən rentʃ] n AmE [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: Allen Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Connecticut] a tool used to turn an Allen screw British Equivalent: Allen key …
78Allen wrench — Al|len wrench [ ælən ,rentʃ ] noun count AMERICAN a simple L shaped metal tool used for turning a screw that has a hole with six sides in the top …
79box end wrench — noun count AMERICAN a tool for making NUTS and screws loose. There is a bend in it so that you can reach into difficult places …
80monkey wrench — noun (C) AmE 1 a tool that is used to hold or turn things, especially nuts (nut1 (2)); adjustable spanner BrE 2 throw a monkey wrench in the works AmE informal to do something that will cause problems or spoil what someone else is planning …
