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Lug wrench   /ləg rɛntʃ/   Listen
noun
Lug  n.  
1.
The ear, or its lobe. (Scot. & Prov. Eng.)
2.
That which projects like an ear, esp. that by which anything is supported, carried, or grasped, or to which a support is fastened; an ear; as, the lugs of a kettle; the lugs of a founder's flask; the lug (handle) of a jug.
3.
(Mach.) A projecting piece to which anything, as a rod, is attached, or against which anything, as a wedge or key, bears, or through which a bolt passes, etc.
4.
(Harness) The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up.
5.
(Zool.) The lugworm.
6.
A man; sometimes implying clumsiness. (slang)
Lug bolt (Mach.), a bolt terminating in a long, flat extension which takes the place of a head; a strap bolt.
Lug nut (Mach.), a large nut fitting a heavy bolt; used especially of the nuts used to attach wheels to vehicles.
Lug wrench (Mach.), a wrench used to tighten or loosen lug nuts, usually a steel rod having a hexagonally shaped socket which fits closely over the lug nut; sometimes in the shape of a cross, having several such sockets, one at the end of each arm, to accommodate nuts of different sizes.






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"Lug wrench" Quotes from Famous Books



... the shop," says Alex. "A feller which knows so much about automobiles that he could take a pair of pliers and a lug wrench and go clear to Frisco ...
— Alex the Great • H. C. Witwer



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