spare part

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spare part (plural spare parts)

  1. A component of any manufactured goods, kept in reserve to replace one that fails; a spare.
    • 1945 November and December, H. R. Fox, “The Jamaica Railway, 1845-1945”, in Railway Magazine, page 317:
      It is extremely difficult to obtain spare parts from abroad, and these are manufactured in the shops [workshops].

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