Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A wrench having interchangeable sockets to fit over nuts and bolts of different sizes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A wrench for turning nuts, having a socket fitted to a special size and shape of nut to be turned. See cut under
wrench .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A type of
wrench featuring multiple interchangeable socket heads (each designed to fit a particular size ofbolt head or other fastener) which can be attached by asocket arrangement to aratcheting wrench handle or other driver.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a wrench with a handle onto which sockets of different sizes can be fitted
Etymologies
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socket + wrench
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