noun
rebar
REE-bah
noun
1
A steel bar used to strengthen concrete.
"Workers laid a grid of rebar before pouring the foundation."
How to Use Rebar
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe steel rods embedded in concrete to make it stronger and less likely to crack.
Common pairings
rebar grid
steel rebar
Word Forms
rebarred past tense, rebarred past tense, rebars plural, rebars singular, rebars singular
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Etymology
A blend of "reinforcing" and "bar."