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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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How to use rebar in a sentence
He 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 DiegoIts 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