rebar
or re-bar
[ ree-bahr ]
/ ˈriˌbɑr /
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noun Building Trades Informal.
a steel bar or rod used to reinforce concrete.
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Origin of rebar
1960–65, Americanism; re(inforcing) bar
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Examples from the Web for rebar
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