Spar

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Spar or Spars may refer to:

Common meanings

• Spar (sailing), part of a sailing vessel
• Spar hitch, also called ground-line hitch, is a knot used to attach the end of a rope to a spar, beam or pole.
• Spar (aeronautics), part of an aircraft
• Spar, engage in sparring, a form of mock combat
• SPAR, (Sailor Performance Appraisal Report) is a relationship with your superior.

In business

• Spar (retailer), a Dutch multinational retail chain and franchise
• Spar Aerospace, a former Canadian aerospace company
• Spar grocery stores, a brand of Pisiffik, the largest privately owned commercial company in Greenland
• NASDAQ symbol for Spartan Motors, an American automotive company

Vessels

• USCGS Spar (WLB-403), a former United States Coast Guard seagoing buoy tender
• USCGS Spar (WLB-206), a United States Coast Guard seagoing buoy tender

SPAR or SPARS

• SPARS, the United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve
• Society of Professional Audio Recording Services
• Special Program of Assisted Reproduction
• SPAR Sailor Performance Apprasial Report

Other uses

• Spar (mineralogy), an old mining or mineralogy term for crystals that have readily discernible faces
• Spar (platform), a type of floating oil platform
• Spar (tree), part of a cable logging setup
• Spar Island (Rhode Island), a sandbar
• "Spar" (short story), by Kij Johnson
• Debora Spar, President of Barnard College and former Harvard Business School professor

See also

• All pages beginning with "spar"
• All pages with titles containing spar
• SPARS code, a code on some compact disc recordings