Rafter vs. Spar — What's the Difference?

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.

A thick, strong pole such as is used for a mast or yard on a ship.

One who travels by raft.

A period or bout of sparring.

One of the sloping beams that supports a pitched roof.

A close friend

A group or flock, especially of wild turkeys.

A crystalline, easily cleavable, translucent or transparent mineral.

(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.

Make the motions of boxing without landing heavy blows, as a form of training

(collective) A flock of turkeys.

(of a gamecock) fight with the feet or spurs.

A raftsman.

(Nautical) A wooden or metal pole, such as a mast, boom, yard, or bowsprit, used to support sails and rigging.

(transitive) To make (timber, etc.) into rafters.

A usually metal pole used as part of a crane or derrick.

(transitive) To furnish (a building) with rafters.

A main structural member in an airplane wing or a tail assembly that runs from tip to tip or from root to tip.

To plough so as to turn the grass side of each furrow upon an unploughed ridge; to ridge.

A motion of attack or defense in boxing.

A raftsman.

A sparring match.

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.

A nonmetallic, readily cleavable, translucent or transparent light-colored mineral with a shiny luster, such as feldspar.

To make into rafters, as timber.

A member of the women's reserve of the US Coast Guard, disbanded as a separate unit in 1946.

To furnish with rafters, as a house.

To supply with spars.

To plow so as to turn the grass side of each furrow upon an unplowed ridge; to ridge.

(Obsolete) To fasten with a bolt.

One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof

To fight with an opponent in a short bout or practice session, as in boxing or the martial arts.

Someone who travels by raft

To make boxing or fighting motions without hitting one's opponent.

Provide (a ceiling) with rafters

To bandy words about in argument; dispute.

To fight by striking with the feet and spurs. Used of gamecocks.

A rafter of a roof.

A thick pole or piece of wood.

(obsolete) A bar of wood used to fasten a door.

(nautical) Any linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff.

(aeronautics) A beam-like structural member that supports ribs in an aircraft wing or other airfoil.

A sparring session; a preliminary fight, as in boxing or cock-fighting.

(MLE) A friend, a mate, a pal.

(mineralogy) Any of various microcrystalline minerals, of light, translucent, or transparent appearance, which are easily cleft.

(mineralogy) Any crystal with readily discernible faces.

To bolt, bar.

(transitive) To supply or equip (a vessel) with spars.

To fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat.

To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do.

To contest in words; to wrangle.

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.

A general term any round piece of timber used as a mast, yard, boom, or gaff.

Formerly, a piece of timber, in a general sense; - still applied locally to rafters.

The bar of a gate or door.

A contest at sparring or boxing.

A movement of offense or defense in boxing.

To bolt; to bar.

To To supply or equip with spars, as a vessel.

To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do.

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.

To contest in words; to wrangle.

Any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable

A stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging

Making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms; a part of training for a boxer

Furnish with spars

Fight with spurs;

Box lightly

Fight verbally;