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rebar en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɹiː.bɑː(ɹ)/ (UK)

Etymology

Blend of reinforcing + bar.

Meanings

  1. (countable) A steel reinforcing bar in a reinforced concrete structure.
    • The floor and walls for Copthall tunnel have already been constructed using formwork into which rebar (reinforcing bar) was placed, and then concrete poured. 2023 August 23, Chris Howe, “Green screen: HS2's route through the shires”, in RAIL, number 990, page 35:
  2. (uncountable) A grid-shaped system of such bars.
    • 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. 2020, David Farrier, “Thin Cities”, in Footprints, 4th Estate, →ISBN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
rebars Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (34)

nl betonijzer (steel reinforcing bar for concrete) · fi raudoitus (steel reinforcing bar for concrete) · is steypustyrktarstál (steel reinforcing bar for concrete) · es cabilla (steel reinforcing bar for concrete) · tr teçhizat (steel reinforcing bar for concrete) · ru армату́ра (steel reinforcing bar for concrete) · de Betonstabstahl (steel reinforcing bar for concrete) · sk betonárska výstuž (steel reinforcing bar for concrete) · ro fier-beton (steel reinforcing bar for concrete) · id baja tulangan beton (steel reinforcing bar for concrete) · ja 鉄筋 (steel reinforcing bar for concrete) · is kambstál (steel reinforcing bar for concrete) · ru армату́рный прут (steel reinforcing bar for concrete) · es hierro cabilla (steel reinforcing bar for concrete) · hu betonacél (steel reinforcing bar for concrete) · es fierro corrugado (steel reinforcing bar for concrete) · pt varão nervurado (steel reinforcing bar for concrete) · de Betonstahl (steel reinforcing bar for concrete) · th เหล็กเส้น (steel reinforcing bar for concrete) · cmn 鋼筋 /钢筋 (steel reinforcing bar for concrete) · fi harjateräs (steel reinforcing bar for concrete) · tr donatı (steel reinforcing bar for concrete) · es hierro varilla (steel reinforcing bar for concrete) · es fierro constructivo (steel reinforcing bar for concrete) · kum арматур (steel reinforcing bar for concrete) · cs roxor (steel reinforcing bar for concrete) · nl wapening (steel reinforcing bar for concrete) · fr barre d’armature (steel reinforcing bar for concrete) · pt vergalhão (steel reinforcing bar for concrete) · sv armeringsjärn (steel reinforcing bar for concrete) · fr fer à béton (steel reinforcing bar for concrete) · hy ամրան (steel reinforcing bar for concrete) · de Bewehrungsstab (steel reinforcing bar for concrete) · cs betonářská výztuž (steel reinforcing bar for concrete)

rebar en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • audio
  • /ˈɹiː.bɑː(ɹ)/ (UK)

Etymology

Blend of reinforcing + bar.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To reinforce with bars of this kind.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
rebars Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
rebarring Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rebarred Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rebarred Tense=Past lexicographic

rebar en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ɹiːˈbɑː(ɹ)/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Vulgar Latin *barra Old French barrebor. Middle English barre English bar English rebar From re- + bar.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To bar again.
    • After allowing the stranger to enter, she rebarred the door.
  2. (transitive) To redistribute the notes of a musical score across the bars, e.g. when changing time signature.

Forms

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rebars Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
rebarred Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rebarred Tense=Past lexicographic
rebarring Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic