Spar vs. Spa

Sparnoun

A rafter of a roof.

Sparnoun

A thick pole or piece of wood.

Sparnoun

(obsolete) A bar of wood used to fasten a door.

Sparnoun

(nautical) Any linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff.

Sparnoun

(aeronautics) A beam-like structural member that supports ribs in an aircraft wing or other airfoil.

Sparnoun

(mineralogy) Any of various microcrystalline minerals, of light, translucent, or transparent appearance, which are easily cleft.

Sparnoun

(mineralogy) Any crystal with no readily discernible faces.

Sparverb

to bolt, bar.

Sparverb

(transitive) To supply or equip (a vessel) with spars.

Sparverb

To fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat.

Sparverb

To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do.

Sparverb

To contest in words; to wrangle.

Sparnoun

An old name for a nonmetallic mineral, usually cleavable and somewhat lustrous; as, calc spar, or calcite, fluor spar, etc. It was especially used in the case of the gangue minerals of a metalliferous vein.

Sparnoun

A general term any round piece of timber used as a mast, yard, boom, or gaff.

Sparnoun

Formerly, a piece of timber, in a general sense; - still applied locally to rafters.

Sparnoun

The bar of a gate or door.

Sparnoun

A contest at sparring or boxing.

Sparnoun

A movement of offense or defense in boxing.

Sparverb

To bolt; to bar.

Sparverb

To To supply or equip with spars, as a vessel.

Sparverb

To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do.

Sparverb

To use the fists and arms scientifically in attack or defense; to contend or combat with the fists, as for exercise or amusement; to box.

Sparverb

To contest in words; to wrangle.

Sparnoun

any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable

Sparnoun

a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging

Sparnoun

making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms; a part of training for a boxer

Sparverb

furnish with spars

Sparverb

fight with spurs;

Sparverb

box lightly

Sparverb

fight verbally;

Sparnoun

a thick, strong pole such as is used for a mast or yard on a ship.

Sparnoun

the main longitudinal beam of an aeroplane wing.

Sparnoun

a period or bout of sparring.

Sparnoun

a close friend

Sparnoun

a crystalline, easily cleavable, translucent or transparent mineral.

Sparverb

make the motions of boxing without landing heavy blows, as a form of training

Sparverb

argue with someone without marked hostility

Sparverb

(of a gamecock) fight with the feet or spurs.

Spanoun

A health resort near a mineral spring or hot spring.

Spanoun

A trendy or fashionable resort.

Spanoun

A health club.

Spanoun

A hot tub.

Spanoun

A clumsy person (see spastic)

Spanoun

An idiot

Spanoun

A gobshite

Spanoun

A spring or mineral water; - so called from a place of this name in Belgium.

Spanoun

a health resort near a spring or at the seaside

Spanoun

a fashionable hotel usually in a resort area

Spanoun

a place of business with equipment and facilities for exercising and improving physical fitness

Spa

A spa is a location where mineral-rich spring water (and sometimes seawater) is used to give medicinal baths. Spa towns or spa resorts (including hot springs resorts) typically offer various health treatments, which are also known as balneotherapy.