crowbar
US/ˈkɹoʊˌbɑɹ/
crowbar noun: an iron or steel bar, often with a flattened end which may also be hook-shaped, to be used as a lever to manually force things apart.
Noun
crowbar (plural crowbars)
- An iron or steel bar, often with a flattened end which may also be hook-shaped, to be used as a lever to manually force things apart.
- Synonyms:
- wrecking bar, jemmy, jimmy, pinchbar, nail bar
- An electrical circuit that prevents an overvoltage from causing damage.
- A type of cocktail made with only Crown Royal whiskey and lemon lime soda.
Verb
crowbar (third-person singular simple present crowbars, present participle crowbarring, simple past and past participle crowbarred)
- To force to move, usually with a crowbar; to prise.
- He crowbarred the door open.
crowbar meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Telugu
crowbar in Hindi
- iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
- सब्बल sabbal, खनती khantī, रंभा rambhā, अधिपारक adhipārak
crowbar in Tamil
- iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
- நெம்புகோல் nempukōl, கடப்பாரை kaṭappārai
crowbar in Marathi
- crowbar
- रंभा rambhā
crowbar in Telugu
- iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
- పలుగు palugu
More languagesFewer languages
- crowbar in Malayalam
- പാര, കുത്തുപാര, കടപ്പാര
- crowbar in Kannada
- ಹಾರೆ hāre
- crowbar in Gujarati
- પારી pārī
- crowbar in Tagalog
- landok, landol, ligkal
- crowbar in Arabic
- عَتَلَة ʕatala
- crowbar in Indonesian
- linggis
- crowbar in Persian
- دِیلُم dilom, دیلم، اهرم
- crowbar in Thai
- ชะแลง chá-lɛɛng
- crowbar in Vietnamese
- xà beng
- Dhivehi
- އަލަވަންގު alavan̊gu
Examples of crowbar in a sentence
- With great effort and a big crowbar I managed to lever the beam off the floor.
- I poised the crowbar in my hand, and waited.
- A crowbar uses leverage to pry nails out of wood.
Synonyms of crowbar
Forms of crowbar
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | crowbars |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | crowbars |
| present participle | crowbarring |
| past participle | crowbarred |
| past | crowbarred |
Origin of crowbar
From crow (“crow (bird)" also "metal lever, crowbar”) + bar, probably because the forked end looks like a crow's foot.
Words formed from crowbar
Questions about crowbar
- What does crowbar mean?
- Crowbar means an iron or steel bar, often with a flattened end which may also be hook-shaped, to be used as a lever to manually force things apart.
- What is crowbar in Hindi?
- Crowbar in Hindi is सब्बल (sabbal), खनती (khantī), रंभा (rambhā). See Crowbar meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is crowbar?
- Crowbar can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce crowbar?
- Crowbar is pronounced /ˈkɹoʊˌbɑɹ/ (US).
- What is the plural of crowbar?
- The plural of crowbar is crowbars.
Words near crowbar in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: crowbar (page history and authors); रंभा (Marathi) (page history and authors); crowbar (Malayalam Wiktionary) (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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