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T-bar

American  
[tee-bahr] / ˈtiˌbɑr /

noun

Building Trades.
  1. a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .


T-bar British  

noun

  1. a T-shaped wrench for use with a socket

  2. a metal bar having a T-shaped cross section

  3. a T-shaped bar on a ski tow which skiers hold on to while being pulled up slopes

  4. (modifier) another term for T-strap

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Example Sentences

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There were queues for the T-bar, and polite but firm struggles for parking spaces.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2024

"He was doing his thing, and he jumped on the T-bar and they got me on the radio and said, ‘Have you seen Shaun?’"

From Fox News • Feb. 9, 2022

The town’s authenticity and low-key charm instantly won him over, reminding him of California’s Mammoth Mountain, which only had two T-bar lifts and two chairlifts when he grew up skiing there.

From Washington Post • Feb. 3, 2022

Do you think the opossum’s T-bar would work for the red panda?

From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2018

The sectional construction of the T-bar guides permits the hoist to be any height desired, it being lengthened and shortened by adding and taking out sections.

From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Gillette, Halbert Powers