rebar
or re-bar
[ree-bahr]
- 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
Contemporary Examples
Its walls are made of thick concrete with rebar reinforcing rods.
Historical Examples
Here follows the motto: "Quotque aderant Vates, rebar adesse Deos."
The Age of ShakespeareAlgernon Charles Swinburne
Word Origin and History for rebar
n.
also re-bar, "steel reinforcing rod in concrete," 1961, from re(inforced) bar.
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