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bar down

bar down verb: to loosen mined ore in a cart using a bar in order to enable it to move through a chute.

Verb

bar down (third-person singular simple present bars down, present participle barring down, simple past and past participle barred down)

  1. To loosen mined ore in a cart using a bar in order to enable it to move through a chute.
  2. To remove or pat down loose debris.

Forms of bar down

third-person singular presentbars down
present participlebarring down
past participlebarred down
pastbarred down

Questions about bar down

What does bar down mean?
Bar down means to loosen mined ore in a cart using a bar in order to enable it to move through a chute.
What part of speech is bar down?
Bar down is a verb.
What is the past tense of bar down?
The past tense of bar down is barred down.

Words near bar down in the dictionary

  1. bar crawl
  2. bar crawls
  3. bar diagram
  4. bar ditch
  5. bar ditches
  6. bar down
  7. bar end
  8. bar ends
  9. bar exam
  10. bar examination
  11. bar examinations

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