rebar
or re-bar
[ ree-bahr ]
/ ˈriˌbɑr /
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noun Building Trades Informal.
a steel bar or rod used to reinforce concrete.
Nearby words
- reaver,
- reawaken,
- reb,
- rebab,
- rebadge,
- rebarbative,
- rebate,
- rebated,
- rebatement,
- rebato
Origin of rebar
1960–65, Americanism; re(inforcing) bar
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
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
rebar
also re-bar, "steel reinforcing rod in concrete," 1961, from re(inforced) bar.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper