pipe wrench

English

A pipe wrench

Noun

pipe wrench (plural pipe wrenches)

1. An adjustable wrench (British spanner) with a toothed jaw for gripping pipe, frequently used by a plumber or pipe fitter, to loosen and tighten pipes with threaded connections.

Synonyms

• Stillsons, Stillson wrench
• monkey wrench

Coordinate terms

• plumber wrench, Swedish wrench
• adjustable pliers, Channellocks, tongue-and-groove pliers, water pump pliers
• plier wrenches

Translations

adjustable wrench

• Basque: Stillson giltza
• Czech: hasák (cs) m
• Danish: amerikansk rørtang c
• Dutch: pijptang (nl) f, stillsonsleutel
• Finnish: putkipihdit
• French: clé serre tube f
• German: Einhand-Rohrzange f
• Italian: giratubi americano m
• Portuguese: chave de grifo, chave Stillson f
• Sicilian: chiavi a pappagaḍḍu f, pappagaḍḍu m, pappajaḍḍu m, giratubbi f
• Spanish: llave stillson f, llave stilson f, llave grifa f
• Swedish: rörtång amerikansk modell c