Spans is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for SPANS in dictionary:

VERB:
• SPAN, to extend over or across
• (of a bridge, arch, etc.) extend from side to side of
• extend across (a period of time or a range of subjects)
• yoke (an animal)
• cover or enclose with the length of one's hand
NOUN:
• the full extent of something from end to end; the amount of space that something covers
• the wingspan of an aircraft or a bird
• an arch or part of a bridge between piers or supports
• the maximum distance between the tips of the thumb and little finger, taken as the basis of a measurement equal to 9 inches.
• the length of time for which something lasts
• a short distance or time.
• a rope with its ends fastened at different points to a spar or other object in order to provide a purchase.
• a matched pair of horses, mules, or oxen.
• a team of two or more pairs of oxen.
• a work gang, especially of prisoners.
• a lot

Words related to SPANS

span6 spanned10 spanning11

Words that contain SPANS

inspans9 outspans10 spanspek16 spansule10 lifespans14 linkspans15 spanspeks17 spansules11 wingspans15

How to use SPANS in a sentence

• So they broke the other spans and ran most of the rest of the rolling stock through the gaps.
• The town is approached by a quaint, low wooden bridge which spans the swiftly running river.
• The shield the maid should bear was three spans thick beneath the studs, as we are told.
• For the same reason he also endowed him with three spans of mortal life, that he might be able to commit in them as many abominable deeds.
• The mines which were exploded beneath it did more damage to the buildings along the waterfront than to the bridge, however, only the middle spans of which were destroyed.
• The bridges were of wood, of the Howe pattern, no spans being over 200 feet in length.
• Six empty waggons with double spans of oxen were seen yesterday wending towards Bulwan.
• Crossing the narrow brick bridge which spans the Bhagmutty, outside the walls of the town, we shortly after entered the massive old gates of the ancient capital.
• Then, again, the fierce music sounded, and the first boat appeared under one of the wider spans of the bridge, a couple of hundred yards away.
• Manhattan Square extends from Seventy-seventh to Eighty-first streets, and from Eighth to Ninth avenues, and spans about eighteen acres.
• These girders are supported by the cables over the centre span but not in the side spans.
• The spans were in fact designed as independent girders, the advantage of continuity being at that time imperfectly known.
• Now plate web girders are only used for spans of less than 100 ft.
• Hurrying home, we hitched up, drove to the station, and succeeded in engaging Morefield and his saw, with two spans of heavy horses.
• This piece of wall spans the space between two adjoining rocks, and the top of the wall is more than 10 feet above the rock on which it stands.
• It was composed of three spans, each about 90 feet long.
• Thou shalt Behold joy reign in cities and in towns, Old age and youth alike contented dwell, And undulating beards of two spans long! THE SETTING OF THE MOON.
• Now the two women had just returned from a drive round the city and to the suspension bridge which spans the terror of the Gorge.
• Of these I saw and measured, some of nine spans in length, as they were crooked.
• There are ten spans in the south approach, eight in the north approach, and two central spans each seventeen hundred feet long.
• The strong arch of the bridge spans its powerful neck, and just below, the rapids begin, rushing down the first straight reach with a slight fall here and there.
• I remember one October morning walking across an old smoke-begrimed bridge that spans the Ohio at Cincinnati.
• Now, Heimdal the White dwells among the blue mountains where the rainbow spans the space betwixt heaven and earth.
• The following pages have been written, not as a vindication, but as an interpretation of a personality whose life spans the controversial epoch before the Civil War.

Similar words containing SPAN without suffix s

span6 spane7 spang8 spank11 inspan8 spaned9 spanes8 spangs9 spanks12 espanol9 inspans9 outspan9 spancel11 spandex17 spanged11 spangle10 spangly13 spaniel9 spaning10 spanked14 spanker13 spanned10 spanner9 lifespan13 linkspan14 outspans10 spancels12 spandrel11 spandril11 spanghew17 spanging12 spangled12 spangler11 spangles11 spanglet11 spaniels10 spankers14 spanking15 spanless10 spanners10 spanning11 spanspek16 spansule10 spanworm15 wingspan14 bespangle14 espanoles11 hispanism16 inspanned12 lifespans14 linkspans15 spanaemia13 spanaemic15 spanceled14 spandexed20 spandexes19 spandrels12 spandrils12 spanghews18 spanglers12 spanglets12 spanglier12 spangling13 spankings16 spanspeks17 spansules11 spanworms16 wingspans15 bespangled16 bespangles15 hispanidad17 hispanisms17 inspanning13 outspanned13 spanaemias14 spanceling15 spancelled15 spanghewed20 spangliest13 spanglings14 spanielled13 spaniolate12 spaniolise12 spaniolize21 spankingly20 bespangling17 hispanicise18 hispanicism20 hispanicize27 hispanidads18 outspanning14 spanakopita19 spancelling16 spanghewing21 spanielling14 spaniolated14 spaniolates13 spaniolised14 spaniolises13 spaniolized23 spaniolizes22 spanokopita19 hispanicised20 hispanicises19 hispanicisms21 hispanicized29 hispanicizes28 hispaniolise17 hispaniolize26 spanakopitas20 spaniolating15 spaniolising15 spaniolizing24 spanokopitas20 hispanicising21 hispanicizing30 hispaniolised19 hispaniolises18 hispaniolized28 hispaniolizes27 hispaniolising20 hispaniolizing29

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