Main entry: spare
Definition: a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls
Main entry: fifth wheel, spare
Definition: an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle
Main entry: spare, spare part
Definition: an extra component of a machine or other apparatus
Main entry: spare
Definition: use frugally or carefully
Main entry: spare, give up, part with, dispense with
Definition: give up what is not strictly needed
Usage: he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey
Definition: refrain from harming
Main entry: spare
Definition: save or relieve from an experience or action
Usage: I'll spare you from having to apologize formally
Main entry: unembellished, unornamented, plain, bare, spare
Definition: lacking embellishment or ornamentation
Usage: a plain hair style; unembellished white walls; functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete
Main entry: bare, scanty, spare
Definition: lacking in amplitude or quantity
Usage: a bare livelihood; a scanty harvest; a spare diet
Definition: thin and fit
Usage: the spare figure of a marathon runner; a body kept trim by exercise
Main entry: supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus, excess, extra, spare, redundant
Definition: more than is needed, desired, or required
Usage: trying to lose excess weight; found some extra change lying on the dresser; yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant; skills made redundant by technological advance; sleeping in the spare room; supernumerary ornamentation; it was supererogatory of her to gloat; delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words; extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts; surplus cheese distributed to the needy
Main entry: spare
Definition: kept in reserve especially for emergency use
Usage: a reserve supply of food; a spare tire; spare parts
Definition: not taken up by scheduled activities
Usage: a free hour between classes; spare time on my hands