How to pronounce spar

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What spar means

noun

Most people know spar in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.

A strong pole on a ship that supports its sails

In a sentence: The sailors lashed a new spar to the deck after the old one cracked.

Where it comes from: It comes from an old word for a beam or rafter. It is not the same word as the fighting kind of spar, which has a different source.

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