rebar
or re-bar
a steel bar or rod used to reinforce concrete.
Origin of rebar
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How to use rebar in a sentence
A hole in the ceiling exposing rusting rebar and other materials was the source of debris around equipment, inspectors said.
Metro ordered to clean up, regularly inspect control rooms | Justin George | August 4, 2022 | Washington PostThe site is now a murky lagoon with a few truncated concrete posts and rusting rebar visible.
The prospect of a speedy real estate deal compounds some Surfside families’ grief | Lori Rozsa | October 18, 2021 | Washington PostAbout 20 people showed up to observe workers sifting through the huge piles of gravel, rebar, mattress pads, clothing and other remnants of lives.
The prospect of a speedy real estate deal compounds some Surfside families’ grief | Lori Rozsa | October 18, 2021 | Washington PostHe and his small GCRA team weld together webs of steel rebar, plunge them underwater where the reefs once stood, and run a current through them.
Protecting the world’s vanishing coral reefs | Ari Daniel, PhD ’08 | April 28, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewThe bones of the stadium — the copper, steel and rebar — are being laid to rest at a recycling facility.
Environment Report: The Chargers Stadium’s Circle of Life | MacKenzie Elmer | March 29, 2021 | Voice of San Diego
Its walls are made of thick concrete with rebar reinforcing rods.
Here follows the motto: "Quotque aderant Vates, rebar adesse Deos."
The Age of Shakespeare | Algernon Charles Swinburne
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