Spar vs. Spa

A rafter of a roof.

A thick pole or piece of wood.

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

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

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

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

(mineralogy) Any crystal with no readily discernible faces.

to bolt, bar.

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

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

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

To contest in words; to wrangle.

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.

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

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

The bar of a gate or door.

A contest at sparring or boxing.

A movement of offense or defense in boxing.

To bolt; to bar.

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

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

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.

Example: ‘Made believe to spar at Paul with great science.’;

To contest in words; to wrangle.

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

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

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

furnish with spars

fight with spurs;

Example: ‘the gamecocks were sparring’;

box lightly

fight verbally;

Example: ‘They were sparring all night’;

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

the main longitudinal beam of an aeroplane wing.

a period or bout of sparring.

a close friend

Example: ‘Buster was his spar and he didn't want to let him down’;

a crystalline, easily cleavable, translucent or transparent mineral.

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

Example: ‘one contestant broke his nose while sparring’;

argue with someone without marked hostility

Example: ‘mother and daughter spar regularly over drink, drugs, and career’;

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

A health resort near a mineral spring or hot spring.

A trendy or fashionable resort.

A health club.

A hot tub.

A clumsy person (see spastic)

An idiot

A gobshite

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

a health resort near a spring or at the seaside

a fashionable hotel usually in a resort area

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

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.