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space • ship / ' speisjip / noun [ count ]

a vehicle that travels in space

space shut • tle / ' speis JAtl / ( also shut . tle ) noun [ count ]

a vehicle that can travel into space and land like an airplane when it returns to Earth

spa • cious / ' speifas / adjective

with a lot of space inside a spacious kitchen

spade / speid / noun

[ count ] a tool that you use for digging

spades [ plural ] the playing cards that have the shape 4 on them

the queen of spades —Look at the picture at playing card .

spa • ghet • ti / spa ' geti / noun [ noncount ]

a kind of food made from flour and water (called pasta ) that looks like long pieces of string I'll cook some spaghetti.

spam / spam / noun [ noncount ] ( informal )

( COMPUTERS ) advertisements that companies send by e­mail to people who have not asked for them

— Look at junk mail .

span1 / span / noun [ count ]

the length of something from one end to another The bird's wingspan is 30 inches.

the length of time that something continues We are looking at a time span of several months.

span 2 / span / verb (spans,span - ning ,spanned )

to continue for a particular length of time His career spanned more than 50 years.

to form a bridge over something

The river is spanned by a beautiful iron bridge.

spare 1 / sper / adjective

not needed now, but kept because it may be needed in the future

Do you have a spare tire in your car?

You can stay with us tonight. We have a spare room .

Spare time is time when you are not working What do you do in your spare time ?

spare 2 / sper / verb ( spares, spar - ing, spared )

to be able to give something to someone I can't spare the time to help you today. to spare

more than is needed

There's no time to spare. We have to leave right away.

spark / spark / noun [ count ]

a very small piece of something that is burning

spar • kle / ' sparkl / verb ( spar - kles , spar - kling , spar kled )

to shine with a lot of very small points of light The lake sparkled in the sunlight. Her eyes sparkled with excitement. ► spar • kle noun [ noncount ]

the sparkle of diamonds

spar • kling / ' sparklig / adjective

shining with a lot of very small points of light sparkling blue eyes

Sparkling wine or water has a lot of small bubbles in it.

spar • row / ' sp®rou / noun [ count ] a small, brown bird

sparse / spars / adjective

small in quantity or amount a sparse crowd

sparse • ly / ' sparsli / adverb a sparsely populated area

spat form of spit

speak ® / spik / verb ( speaks , speak - ing , spoke / spouk / has spo - ken / ' spouksn / )

to say things; to talk to someone Please speak more slowly.

Can I speak to John Smith, please? (= words that you say

on the telephone )

The mayor spoke for over an hour.

Thesaurus

talk to say words to another person or other people. You talk to someone in order to give information, show feelings, or share ideas: They talked on the phone for over an hour. ♦ Can I talk to you for a minute? ♦ When they get together, all they talk about is basketball. ♦ We need to talk (= about something serious or important ) .

speak to talk to someone about something; to have a conversation with someone. You speak to someone in order to try to achieve something or to tell them to do something. Speak is a little more formal than talk : Can I speak with you for a minute? ♦ I've spoken to his parents about his behavior. ♦ The boss would like to speak to you.