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grab bar

American  

noun

  1. a bar attached to a wall near a bathtub or shower to provide a handgrip for a person who is bathing.


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“You don’t have to be 60 years old to benefit from a grab bar in the shower,” he said.

From MarketWatch Nov. 5, 2025

The 15-year-old tried to hold on to a grab bar.

From BBC Jun. 7, 2023

Does a midsize sedan or family station wagon really need a grab bar?

From Washington Post Oct. 30, 2022

In the group who could have used a raised toilet or toilet seat, plus a grab bar for toilet use, 44 percent had neither and 24 percent had both.

From New York Times Apr. 23, 2021

I reach for the iron grab bar and fling myself upward.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

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