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breaker bar

breaker bar noun: a heavy-duty handle, typically long and with a nonratcheting head, that turns a socket to break loose nuts and bolts that are very tightly fastened.

breaker bar: a heavy-duty handle, typically long and with a nonratcheting head, that turns a socket to break...
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Noun

breaker bar (plural breaker bars)

  1. (mechanical trades) A heavy-duty handle, typically long and with a nonratcheting head, that turns a socket to break loose nuts and bolts that are very tightly fastened.
  2. (mechanical trades) A bar inside a hammer mill against which the milled material is thrown by the hammers; the material breaks upon hitting it.

Forms of breaker bar

pluralbreaker bars

Origin of breaker bar

Open compound noun, break + -er + bar.

Questions about breaker bar

What does breaker bar mean?
Breaker bar means a heavy-duty handle, typically long and with a nonratcheting head, that turns a socket to break loose nuts and bolts that are very tightly fastened.
What part of speech is breaker bar?
Breaker bar is a noun.
What is the plural of breaker bar?
The plural of breaker bar is breaker bars.

Words near breaker bar in the dictionary

  1. breake
  2. breaked
  3. breakee
  4. breakees
  5. breaker
  6. breaker bar
  7. breaker bars
  8. breaker boy
  9. breaker boys
  10. Breaker Point
  11. breaker's yard

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