Z-bar

[ zee-bahr ]

/ ˈziˌbɑr /

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noun

a steel bar with a Z-shaped section, used in building construction.

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QUIZ YOURSELF ON "WAS" VS. "WERE"!

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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

Also called zee.

Words nearby Z-bar

But you will find most colleges and most college societies bar religious instruction and discussion.
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Y was a Youth, that did not love school; Z was a Zany, a poor harmless fool.
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Ogden Hoffman, a distinguished member of the New York bar, died, aged 62.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
The mosquito bar was drawn over her; the old woman had come in while she slept and let down the bar.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin

And when three come, me and Maud was on the Bar Y road where it goes acrosst that crick-bottom.
Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher|Eleanor Gates