slice bar

noun

a long-handled instrument with a blade at the end, for clearing away or breaking up clinkers, coal, etc., in a furnace.

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Origin of slice bar

First recorded in 1840–50

Words nearby slice bar

slewed, sley, slezsko, slic, slice, slice bar, slice of the pie, slice-of-life, slicer, slick, slick as a whistle
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Example sentences from the Web for slice bar

  • Dan jerked a slice-bar from the fire and hurled it to the floor at Larry's feet.

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  • One night two sweet-tempered, light-complexioned coal-passers hit me together, one with a shovel, the other with a slice-bar.

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British Dictionary definitions for slice bar

slice bar

noun

an iron bar used for raking out furnaces
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