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In the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand spanner is the standard term. The most common shapes are called open-ended spanner and ring spanner. The term wrench is generally used for tools that turn non-fastening devices (e.g. tap wrench and pipe wrench), or may be used for a monkey wrench—an adjustable pipe wrench. [1]
spanner general term for a tool used for turning nuts, bolts, etc. (US: wrench, q.v.) something interfering (US: (monkey) wrench) a wrench with holes or pins at its end for meshing with the object to be turned (UK: C spanner) spaz (offensive) Incompetent, useless, disabled person (from spastic, person with cerebral palsy)
An adjustable spanner (UK and most other English-speaking countries), also called a shifting spanner (Australia and New Zealand) [1] or adjustable wrench (US and Canada), [a] is any of various styles of spanner (wrench) with a movable jaw, allowing it to be used with different sizes of fastener head (nut, bolt, etc.) rather than just one fastener size, as with a conventional fixed spanner.
In South Africa, the terms "bobbejaan spanner" and "baboon spanner" are commonly used, [6] especially for large pipe wrenches. Bobbejaan is the Afrikaans term for a baboon. In Spain and Morocco, they are called grifa. In Mexico they are known and called "stillson" without even using the word llave ("wrench"). In Turkey they are known as ...
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Monkey wrenches are still manufactured and are used for some heavy tasks, but they have otherwise been mostly replaced by the shifting adjustable wrench/spanner, which is much lighter and has a smaller head, allowing it to fit more easily into tight spaces, and the tooth-jawed, torque-gripping pipe wrench.