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Word entry · 5 letters

spare

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"Extra, kept in reserve"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /spɛə(ɹ)/Part of speech adjective, noun, verbSorted aeprsStarts with SEnds with E1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. lacking embellishment or ornamentation

Word origin

From Middle English spare, spar, from Old English spær (“sparing, scant”), from Proto-Germanic *sparaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sph₁rós, from the root *speh₁-.

Used in a sentence

  • I have no spare time.
  • if that no spare cloths he had to give
  • a spare anchor; a spare wheel or tyre

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