The definition of sibilance is when something has an s or sh sound. An example of sibilance is the hissing of a snake.
A wrench (or spanner outside of North America) is a tool used to provide grip and mechanical advantage in applying torque to turn objectsâusually rotary fasteners, such as nuts and boltsâor keep them from turning. In Commonwealth English (excluding Canada), spanner is the standard term.
Wrenches are made in various shapes and sizes and are used for gripping, fastening, turning, tightening and loosening things like pipes, pipe fittings, nuts and bolts. There are basically two major kinds of wrenches: Pipe wrenches used in plumbing for gripping round (cylindrical) things. General use wrenches used on nuts and bolts that have flat, parallel surfaces; e.g., square or hexagonal (hex). Wrenches may be adjustable to fit different sized pipes, nuts and bolts or may be a fixed size.