Definition of "spacers" [spacers]

• Plural form of spacer. (noun)

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• "To keep the ties from pulling through the cardboard, they are often slid through spacers, these little plastic tabs with holes in them that look like beams from a cheap Meccano (tm) set, and the wires are so crimped and tangled that pulling them out through the spacers is nearly impossible."
• "She got back to golfing as quickly as she could after her surgery, but post-surgery golf carried a different set of physical demands: After the double mastectomy, she had "spacers" - platelike devices that leave room for eventual implants-and worried about possible injury."
• "When air flows in the spaces between the disks, the spacers are arranged in such a way as to provide inward momentum to the air, causing the disks to move."