A spur is a metal instrument fastened to the heel of a horse rider. Spur or Spurs may also refer to:

Medicine

* Bone spurs, a skeletal disorder forming small bony outgrowth along joint margins ** Heel spur, a thin spike of calcification in the human foot

Organizations

San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association SPUR is a nonprofit public policy organization focused on regional planning, housing, transportation, sustainability and resilience, economic justice, good government, and food and agriculture in the San Francisco Bay Area. Its full name is the Sa ...

, a non-profit research, education, and advocacy organization *

Gruppe SPUR Gruppe SPUR was an artistic collaboration formed by the German painters Heimrad Prem, Helmut Sturm, and Hans-Peter Zimmer, and the sculptor Lothar Fischer in 1957. They published a journal of the same name ''Spur''. ''Spur'' was subject to pr ...

, a German artistic collaboration, and their journal of the same name *

Spur Steak Ranches Spur Corporation (doing business as Spur Steak Ranches) () is a steakhouse franchise restaurant chain originating from South Africa with a focus on family dining. The head office of Spur Corporation is situated in Century City, Cape Town. Althoug ...

, a chain of steakhouses in South Africa * Spur gas, North American gas stations operated by Murphy Oil

Routes

* Spur line, a short railway (railroad) branching from a main line *

Spur route A spur route is a short road forming a branch from a longer, more important road such as a freeway, Interstate Highway, or motorway. A bypass or beltway should not be considered a true spur route as it typically reconnects with another or the s ...

, a short road branching from longer, more important route * Spur trail, a shorter

trail A trail, also known as a path or track, is an unpaved lane or small road usually passing through a natural area. In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, a path or footpath is the preferred term for a pedestrian or hiking trail. Th ...

which branches from a longer route

Science

* Spur (botany), an elongated appendage of certain sepals *

Spur (geology) A ridge or a mountain ridge is a geographical feature consisting of a chain of mountains or hills that form a continuous elevated crest for an extended distance. The sides of the ridge slope away from the narrow top on either side. The line ...

, a ridge, often one that is subordinate to a larger ridge **

Interlocking spur An interlocking spur, also known as an overlapping spur, is one of any number of projecting ridges that extend alternately from the opposite sides of the wall of a young, V-shaped valley down which a river with a winding course flows. Each of t ...

, one of any number of ridges extending alternately from the opposite sides of the wall of a young, V-shaped valley *

Spur (stem) Spurs are short, slow growing stems with greatly shortened internodes that can bear leaves, flowers and fruit. Spurs are perennial growths and commonly arise from the leaf axils on shoots. They are common in fruit trees such as Apple, Pear, Plum ...

, a short flower- and fruit-bearing stem on some fruit trees * Spur (zoology), an outgrowth of bone covered in a sheath of horn *

Spur (chemistry) A spur or track in radiation chemistry is a region of high concentration of chemical products after ionizing radiation passes through. The spur model, proposed by Samuel and Magee in 1953, describes the kinetic behavior of reaction spurs involvin ...

, a region of high concentration of reaction product

Sports

Witbank Spurs Witbank Spurs are a South African football (soccer) club based in Witbank, Mpumalanga that competes in the Premier Soccer League's National First Division. History The club was formed in 1962 as Eastern Rangers Football Club. In 1975, the club wa ...

, an association football club from South Africa *

Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to as Tottenham () or Spurs, is a professional football club based in Tottenham, London, England. It competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. The team has playe ...

, a football team based in London, England *

San Antonio Spurs The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio. The Spurs compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference (NBA), Western Conference Southwest Division ( ...

, a National Basketball Association team based in San Antonio, Texas, US ** Spurs Sports & Entertainment, the company that owns the San Antonio Spurs and other sports-related assets * Chancellor's Spurs, a traveling trophy awarded to the winner of the college football game between Texas Tech University and the University of Texas at Austin

Other uses

* Spur (architecture), the ornament carved on the angles of the bases of early columns *

Spur (horse) Spur (1913–1930) was an American thoroughbred racehorse. Racing career In 1916, he won eight major races and finished second in the Belmont Stakes. At age four, he equaled the Empire City track record for a mile and a sixteenth on the dirt ...

, an American thoroughbred racehorse * Spur (lunar crater) * "Spurs" (short story), a short story by Tod Robbins that served as the basis of the film ''Freaks'' * Spur (topography), a mountain ridge projecting laterally from a main mountain or mountain range *

Spur (typography) Typeface anatomy describes the graphic elements that make up letters in a typeface. Strokes The ''strokes'' are the components of a letterform. Strokes may be ''straight'', as in , or ''curved'', as in . If straight, they may be ''horizontal, ...

, a small continuation of part of a printed letter, especially an uppercase G *

Spur (vine) In viticulture, the canopy of a grapevine includes the parts of the vine visible aboveground - the trunk, cordon, stems, leaves, flowers, and fruit. The canopy plays a key role in light energy capture via photosynthesis, water use as regulated ...

, one-year-old wood of a grapevine that is pruned back to leave just one or two buds to be used for next year's crop of grapes * Spur, Texas, United States *

Spur Award Spur Awards are literary prizes awarded annually by the Western Writers of America (WWA). The purpose of the Spur Awards is to honor writers for distinguished writing about the American West. The Spur awards began in 1953, the same year the WWA wa ...

, an annual literary prize awarded by the Western Writers of America *

Spur Gasoline Station Spur Gasoline Station, at 201 E. Bridge St. in Cynthiana, Kentucky, was built in 1925. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. It is a one-story prefabricated building, high to its eaves, with elements of Classical R ...

, a historic building in Cynthiana, kentucky * Spur gear, a type of gear *

SPURS National Honor Society SPURS National Honor Society (Service, Patriotism, Unity, Responsibility, and Sacrifice) was a collegiate sophomore honor society which disbanded in 2005. Several chapters remain in operation independently. History SPURS was founded at Montana S ...

, a collegiate sophomore honor-service society in the United States *

Spurious tone In electronics (radio in particular), a spurious tone (also known as an interfering tone, a continuous tone or a spur) denotes a tone in an electronic circuit which interferes with a signal and is often masked underneath that signal. Spurious tones ...

or spur, a tone in an electronic circuit which interferes with a signal *

The Spur The Spur is a collection of interconnected Arts and Crafts bungalows in Clifton, Christchurch. The bungalows and layout of the site were both designed by Samuel Hurst Seager between 1902 and 1912. Seager purchased the site for the subdivision ...

, a collection of Arts and Crafts bungalows in Clifton, Christchurch, New Zealand *

The Spurs The Spurs was a Canadian country music group consisting of husband Phil Holmes and wife Becky Holmes. Founded in Calgary, Alberta, they transitioned to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. They were nominated for top country group or duo at the 2000 Big Co ...

, a Canadian country music group 1999–2000 *