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KA-BAR

US/ˈkeɪ bɑɹ/

KA-BAR noun: a kind of combat knife used by the United States military and popular with some hunters, campers, bushcrafters, and knife collectors.

ka-bar: a kind of combat knife used by the United States military and popular with some hunters, campers,...
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Noun (1)

KA-BAR (plural KA-BARs)

  1. A kind of combat knife used by the United States military and popular with some hunters, campers, bushcrafters, and knife collectors.

Noun (2) capitalized: Ka-Bar

Ka-Bar (plural Ka-Bars)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of KA-BAR.

Forms of KA-BAR

pluralKA-BARs
alternative formKa-Bar
pluralKa-Bars

Origin of KA-BAR

Brand name from 1923 (Union Cutlery Co), said to be derived from the words kill a bear in a letter sent to the company by a fur trapper.

Questions about KA-BAR

What does KA-BAR mean?
KA-BAR means a kind of combat knife used by the United States military and popular with some hunters, campers, bushcrafters, and knife collectors.
What part of speech is KA-BAR?
KA-BAR is a noun.
How do you pronounce KA-BAR?
KA-BAR is pronounced /ˈkeɪ bɑɹ/ (US).
What is the plural of KA-BAR?
The plural of KA-BAR is KA-BARs.

Words near KA-BAR in the dictionary

  1. ka'ak
  2. Ka'ala
  3. Ka'ba
  4. ka'k
  5. ka-
  6. KA-BAR
  7. KA-BARs
  8. ka-blaow
  9. ka-boom
  10. ka-ching
  11. ka-door

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Adapted from Wiktionary: KA-BAR (page history and authors); Ka-Bar (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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