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"SPARE PARTS" is a plural of: spare part. |
| Domain | Definition |
Transportation | Articles of a repair or replacement nature for incorporation in an aircraft, including engines and propellers. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| SPIC | English | Spare Parts Inventory Package | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: SPARE PARTS |
| English words defined with "SPARE PARTS": parts bin. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "SPARE PARTS": aircraft-delivery checker, AIRCRAFT-SHIPPING CHECKER, animal shelter supervisor ♦ bowling-pin-machine mechanic ♦ craft supervisor ♦ engineering clerk ♦ Frankenputer ♦ GUN-REPAIR CLERK ♦ inspector, finished machines and bundles, INSPECTOR, SHIPPING ♦ LAUNDRY-MACHINE MECHANIC ♦ maintenance advisor, maintenance supervisor, MAINTENANCE-MECHANIC SUPERVISOR ♦ ORDNANCE TRUCK INSTALLATION MECHANIC ♦ package opener, PARTS CATALOGER, parts data writer, PARTS-ORDER-AND-STOCK CLERK, PINSETTER MECHANIC, AUTOMATIC, production controller, PRODUCTION COORDINATOR, production expediter, production scheduler, progress clerk, purchaser, automotive parts ♦ schedule clerk, SERVICE SUPERVISOR, LEASED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, Ship's Stores, SUPERVISOR, KENNEL ♦ technical release analyst. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | No Spare Parts (1990) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
![]() | Truck for repairs on spare parts. FSA (Farm Security Administration) warehouse depot. Atlanta, Georgia. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Spare parts used in grapefruit juice canning plant. Weslaco, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Clovis, New Mexico. Engine and car spare parts at the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe store department. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | There is a growing market in Kazakhstan for computer spare parts. (references) | |
And spare parts for all materials handling equipment and machines. (references) | ||
The majority of defense exports include ammunition and spare parts. (references) | ||
Economic History | Brazil | During the period 1994 through 2000, spare parts sales increased by 70 percent. (references) |
Mali | Currently, aid from Russia is restricted mainly to training and provision of spare parts. (references) | |
Morocco | The exemption is also applicable to spare parts and accessories imported at the same time. (references) | |
Human Rights | Afghanistan | Another demining organization working in Kandahar reported to Human Rights Watch that Taliban forces confiscated 1 vehicle on September 26, 3 ambulances on October 3, 9 pick-up trucks on October 11, and 22 additional vehicles on October 15. The forces also looted the office of the organization, taking spare parts, generators, radios, and the personal property of organization personnel. (references) |
Iraq | In a report released by the U.N. Secretary General on September 13, the U.N. Special Rapporteur criticized the Government for the "sheer number of executions" taking place in the country, the number of "extrajudicial executions on political grounds," and "the absence of a due process of the law." The list of offenses requiring a mandatory death penalty has grown substantially in the past few years and now includes anything that could be characterized as "sabotaging the national economy," including forgery, as well as smuggling cars, spare parts, material, heavy equipment, and machinery. (references) | |
Political Economy | Eritrea | Principal imports include machinery, spare parts, food, and military material. (references) |
Trade | Switzerland | Spare parts are always excluded. (references) |
Syria | Producers often complain that it may take up to six months to import spare parts. (references) | |
Burma | Tariffs on most industrial inputs, machinery and spare parts average about 15 percent. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Dennis Miller | If there's anyway I can have an identical carcass up on blocks out in the backyard that I can pilfer spare parts from as needed, sign me up. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "SPARE PARTS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pjesë ndërrimi (part, spare part). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | قطع غيار, قطع التبديل. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | резервни части (duplicates, replacements). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 零件 (spares), 備件 , 備" (machine parts or tools kept in reserve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | náhradní díly. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | wisselstukken (replacement parts, spares), reserve-onderdelen (replacement parts, spares), reservedelen (replacement parts, spares). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pièces de rechange (spares). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Ersatzteile (spare parts [pl], spares). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | pótalkatrészek. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | suku cadang. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pezzi di ricambio (replacement parts, spares). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 予備部" . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | よびぶひ". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ayrnyn brash (spares). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arespay artspay peças sobresselentes (replacement parts, spares). (various references) piese de schimb. (various references) запасные части (duplicates). (various references) rezervni delovi. (various references) repuestos (replacement parts, spares), piezas de recambio (replacement parts, spares). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-p-p-r-r-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: strappers, tarpapers. | |
-2 letters: parapets, strapper, tarpaper, trappers. | |
-3 letters: appears, arrases, arrests, erratas, parapet, parsers, pasters, praters, rappers, raspers, rasters, repasts, sappers, sarapes, satraps, sparers, sparest, sparser, starers, tappers, trapper. | |
-4 letters: appear, arrest, aspers, assert, asters, errata, papers, parers, parser, parses, passer, pastas, paster, pastes, paters, prases, prater, prates, prests, rapers, rapper, rarest, rasers, rasper. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-p-p-r-r-s-s-t" | |
+4 letters: hyperparasites. | |
+5 letters: antiperspirants, appropriateness, hyperparasitism, misappropriates, superparasitism. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Quotations: Spoken | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Abbreviations 11. Acronyms 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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