rebar

or re-bar

[ree-bahr]

noun Building Trades Informal.

a steel bar or rod used to reinforce concrete.

Origin of rebar

1960–65, Americanism; re(inforcing) bar

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Examples from the Web for rebar

Contemporary Examples of rebar

Its walls are made of thick concrete with rebar reinforcing rods.
More Tornado Shelters? Not Necessarily
David Cay Johnston
May 22, 2013

Historical Examples of rebar

Here follows the motto: "Quotque aderant Vates, rebar adesse Deos."
The Age of Shakespeare
Algernon Charles Swinburne

Word Origin and History for rebar

n.

also re-bar, "steel reinforcing rod in concrete," 1961, from re(inforced) bar.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper