spare
noun/speə(r)/
/sper/
- an extra thing that you keep in case you need to replace the one you usually use (used especially about a tyre of a car)
- to get the spare out of the boot/trunk
- I've lost my key and I haven't got a spare.
- spares[plural] (especially British English) spare parts (= new parts that you buy to replace old or broken parts of a car, machine, etc.)
- It can be difficult to get spares for some older makes of car.
Word OriginOld English spær ‘not plentiful, meagre’, sparian ‘refrain from injuring’, ‘refrain from using’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German sparen ‘to spare’.
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