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rebars

rebars is the plural of rebar.

Meaning of rebar

Noun

rebar (countable and uncountable, plural rebars)

  1. (countable) A steel reinforcing bar in a reinforced concrete structure.
    • The floor and walls for Copthall tunnel have already been constructed using formwork into which rebar (reinforcing bar) was placed, and then concrete poured.2023 August 23, Chris Howe, “Green screen: HS2's route through the shires”, in RAIL, number 990, page 35
  2. (uncountable) A grid-shaped system of such bars.
    • The hash mark of rebar or the curve of a hubcap will create curious shapes to be decoded; even, perhaps, entire subway trains and lengths of tracks will remain.2020, David Farrier, “Thin Cities”, in Footprints, 4th Estate, →ISBN

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Questions about rebars

What is rebars the plural of?
Rebars is the plural of rebar.

Words near rebars in the dictionary

  1. rebarricade
  2. rebarricaded
  3. rebarricades
  4. rebarricading
  5. rebarring
  6. rebars
  7. rebarter
  8. rebartered
  9. rebartering
  10. rebarters
  11. rebase

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