adjustable spanner

Variable-jaw fastener tool

An adjustable spanner is a wrench with a movable jaw that can be widened or narrowed to fit nuts and bolts of different sizes.

The British term for what Americans call an adjustable wrench or crescent wrench.

Hand me that adjustable spanner—the 15mm is too small.

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