rebar
English
Etymology 1
Blend of reinforcing + bar
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹiː.bɑː(ɹ)/
Noun
rebar (countable and uncountable, plural rebars)
- (countable) A steel reinforcing bar in a reinforced concrete structure.
- (uncountable) A grid-shaped system of such bars.
- 2020, David Farrier, “Thin Cities”, in Footprints, 4th Estate, →ISBN:
- The hash mark of rebar or the curve of a hubcap will create curious shapes to be decoded; even, perhaps, entire subway trains and lengths of tracks will remain.
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Translations
steel reinforcing bar for concrete
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Verb
rebar (third-person singular simple present rebars, present participle rebarring, simple past and past participle rebarred)
- (transitive) To reinforce with bars of this kind.
Etymology 2
re- + bar
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɹiːˈbɑː(ɹ)/
Verb
rebar (third-person singular simple present rebars, present participle rebarring, simple past and past participle rebarred)
- (transitive) To bar again.
- After allowing the stranger to enter, she rebarred the door.
- (music, transitive) To redistribute the notes of a musical score across the bars, e.g. when changing time signature.
Anagrams
- Barre, Berra, Raber, aberr, arber, barer, barre, berra
Latin
Verb
rēbar
- first-person singular imperfect active indicative of reor