Rafter vs. Spar — What's the Difference?
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Difference Between Rafter and Spar
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Definitions
Rafter
A rafter is one of a series of sloped structural members such as wooden beams that extend from the ridge or hip to the wall plate, downslope perimeter or eave, and that are designed to support the roof shingles, roof deck and its associated loads. A pair of rafters is called a couple.
Spar
A thick, strong pole such as is used for a mast or yard on a ship.
Rafter
One who travels by raft.
Spar
A period or bout of sparring.
Rafter
One of the sloping beams that supports a pitched roof.
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Spar
A close friend
Buster was his spar and he didn't want to let him down
Rafter
A group or flock, especially of wild turkeys.
Spar
A crystalline, easily cleavable, translucent or transparent mineral.
Rafter
(architecture) One of a series of sloped beams that extend from the ridge or hip to the downslope perimeter or eave, designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads.
Spar
Make the motions of boxing without landing heavy blows, as a form of training
One contestant broke his nose while sparring
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Rafter
(collective) A flock of turkeys.
Spar
(of a gamecock) fight with the feet or spurs.
Rafter
A raftsman.
Spar
(Nautical) A wooden or metal pole, such as a mast, boom, yard, or bowsprit, used to support sails and rigging.
Rafter
(transitive) To make (timber, etc.) into rafters.
Spar
A usually metal pole used as part of a crane or derrick.
Rafter
(transitive) To furnish (a building) with rafters.
Spar
A main structural member in an airplane wing or a tail assembly that runs from tip to tip or from root to tip.
Rafter
To plough so as to turn the grass side of each furrow upon an unploughed ridge; to ridge.
Spar
A motion of attack or defense in boxing.
Rafter
A raftsman.
Spar
A sparring match.
Rafter
Originally, any rough and somewhat heavy piece of timber. Now, commonly, one of the timbers of a roof which are put on sloping, according to the inclination of the roof. See Illust. of Queen-post.
[Courtesy] oft is sooner found in lowly sheds,With smoky rafters, than in tapestry halls.
Spar
A nonmetallic, readily cleavable, translucent or transparent light-colored mineral with a shiny luster, such as feldspar.
Rafter
To make into rafters, as timber.
Spar
A member of the women's reserve of the US Coast Guard, disbanded as a separate unit in 1946.
Rafter
To furnish with rafters, as a house.
Spar
To supply with spars.
Rafter
To plow so as to turn the grass side of each furrow upon an unplowed ridge; to ridge.
Spar
(Obsolete) To fasten with a bolt.
Rafter
One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof
Spar
To fight with an opponent in a short bout or practice session, as in boxing or the martial arts.
Rafter
Someone who travels by raft
Spar
To make boxing or fighting motions without hitting one's opponent.
Rafter
Provide (a ceiling) with rafters
Spar
To bandy words about in argument; dispute.
Spar
To fight by striking with the feet and spurs. Used of gamecocks.
Spar
A rafter of a roof.
Spar
A thick pole or piece of wood.
Spar
(obsolete) A bar of wood used to fasten a door.
Spar
(nautical) Any linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff.
Spar
(aeronautics) A beam-like structural member that supports ribs in an aircraft wing or other airfoil.
Spar
A sparring session; a preliminary fight, as in boxing or cock-fighting.
Spar
(MLE) A friend, a mate, a pal.
Spar
(mineralogy) Any of various microcrystalline minerals, of light, translucent, or transparent appearance, which are easily cleft.
Spar
(mineralogy) Any crystal with readily discernible faces.
Spar
To bolt, bar.
Spar
(transitive) To supply or equip (a vessel) with spars.
Spar
To fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat.
Spar
To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do.
Spar
To contest in words; to wrangle.
Spar
An old name for a nonmetallic mineral, usually cleavable and somewhat lustrous; as, calc spar, or calcite, fluor spar, etc. It was especially used in the case of the gangue minerals of a metalliferous vein.
Spar
A general term any round piece of timber used as a mast, yard, boom, or gaff.
Spar
Formerly, a piece of timber, in a general sense; - still applied locally to rafters.
Spar
The bar of a gate or door.
Spar
A contest at sparring or boxing.
Spar
A movement of offense or defense in boxing.
Spar
To bolt; to bar.
Spar
To To supply or equip with spars, as a vessel.
Spar
To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do.
Spar
To use the fists and arms scientifically in attack or defense; to contend or combat with the fists, as for exercise or amusement; to box.
Made believe to spar at Paul with great science.
Spar
To contest in words; to wrangle.
Spar
Any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable
Spar
A stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging
Spar
Making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms; a part of training for a boxer
Spar
Furnish with spars
Spar
Fight with spurs;
The gamecocks were sparring
Spar
Box lightly
Spar
Fight verbally;
They were sparring all night