Showing results for lug wrench. Search instead for lug+wrench.

lug wrench

American

noun

a wrench for loosening or tightening lug nuts.

lug wrench British

noun

a spanner with a lug or lugs projecting from its jaws to engage the component to be rotated

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

lug wrench

Most people would vouch for specific items, such as a spare tire or a lug wrench, if they had limited choices on what to keep in their car every day.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026

"A feller which knows so much about automobiles that he could take a pair of pliers and a lug wrench and go clear to Frisco with nothin' else!"

From Alex the Great by Arthur William Brown

But already the girl was pressing the lug wrench into his hands.

From The Cross-Cut by Courtney Ryley Cooper

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023