SPRAG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sprag mean? 

• SPRAG (noun)
  The noun SPRAG has 2 senses:

1. a chock or bar wedged under a wheel or between the spokes to prevent a vehicle from rolling down an incline

2. a wooden prop used to support the roof of a mine

  Familiarity information: SPRAG used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPRAG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A chock or bar wedged under a wheel or between the spokes to prevent a vehicle from rolling down an incline

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("sprag" is a kind of...):

chock; wedge (a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A wooden prop used to support the roof of a mine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

pitprop; sprag

Hypernyms ("sprag" is a kind of...):

prop (a support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling)