rebar

or re-bar

[ ree-bahr ]

noun

, Building Trades Informal.

1. a steel bar or rod used to reinforce concrete.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rebar¹

1960–65, Americanism; re(inforcing) bar

Example Sentences

Its walls are made of thick concrete with rebar reinforcing rods.

From The Daily Beast

Here follows the motto: "Quotque aderant Vates, rebar adesse Deos."

From Project Gutenberg