adjustable spanner
noun
A spanner with a jaw which can be adjusted to grip bolts, nuts, etc., of different sizes.
Origin
Mid 19th century.
- be up shit creek (also be up shit creek without a paddle)
- be up the creek
- be up with the lark
- beurre blanc
- beurre manié
- beurre noir
- beurre noisette
- beurré
- Beuthen
- Beuys, Joseph
- BeV
- bevan
- Bevan, Nye
- bevatron
- bevel
- bevel gear
- bevel square
- bevel wheel
- beverage
- Beveridge, William Henry
- Beverly Hills
- Bevin boy
- Bevin, Ernest
- bevvied
- bevvy