crowbar
noun
a steel bar, usually flattened and slightly bent at one or both ends, used as a lever.
crowbars
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pluralof crowbar.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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We saw families and volunteers, wearing masks and rubber gloves, trying to dig through the rubble with spades and crowbars.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
They had all the equipment at the ready: crowbars, shovels, and mallets.
From Slate ● Dec. 15, 2024
They are often are slinging sledgehammers and crowbars “in a sauna-like environment,” said Fabian Plascencia, of the Northern District Council of Laborers Local 67.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2024
Footage from the area shows residents digging in brown earth with their bare hands, or using hoes, sticks, crowbars and other tools.
From Reuters ● Nov. 23, 2022
There seemed no way of doing this ex- cept with picks and crowbars, which no animal could use, because no animal could stand on his hind legs.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
