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Definition of spare adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

      

    spare

     adjective
    adjective
    NAmE//spɛr//
     
     
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    not used/needed
  1. 1[usually before noun] that is not being used or is not needed at the present time We have a spare bedroom, if you'd like to stay. I'm afraid I don't have any spare cash.
    2. extra
  2. 2[only before noun] kept in case you need to replace the one you usually use; extra a spare key/tire Take some spare clothes in case you get wet.
    3. time
  3. 3available to do what you want with rather than work He's studying music in his spare time. I haven't had a spare moment this morning.
    4. person
  4. 4thin, and usually quite tall
    5. writing
  5. 5plain and simple but elegant the writer's spare prose
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