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bob wire

bob wire is the nonstandard form of barbed wire.

Meaning of barbed wire

Noun

barbed wire (usually uncountable, plural barbed wires)

  1. (usually) Twisted strands of steel wire, often coated with zinc, having barbs evenly spaced along them; used to construct agricultural and military fences.

Forms of bob wire

pluralbob wires

Questions about bob wire

What is bob wire the nonstandard form of?
Bob wire is the nonstandard form of barbed wire.

Words near bob wire in the dictionary

  1. bob skates
  2. bob under
  3. bob up
  4. bob wig
  5. bob wigs
  6. bob wire
  7. bob wires
  8. Bob's your father's brother
  9. Bob's your mother's brother
  10. Bob's your uncle
  11. Bob's your uncle and Fanny's your aunt

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bob wire (page history and authors); barbed wire (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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