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.

Translations

steel reinforcing bar for concrete

Chinese:
Mandarin: 鋼筋 (zh), 钢筋 (zh) (gāngjīn)
Dutch: wapening (nl) f
Finnish: harjateräs (fi) (bar), raudoitus (fi) (grid)
French: fer à béton m, barre d’armature f
German: Bewehrungsstab m

Icelandic: kambstál n, steypustyrktarstál n
Indonesian: baja tulangan beton
Japanese: 鉄筋 (tekkin)
Russian: армату́ра (ru) f (armatúra), армату́рный прут m (armatúrnyj prut)
Swedish: armeringsstång c

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, barer, barre

Latin

Verb

rēbar

first-person singular imperfect active indicative of reor

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