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starting bars

starting bars is the plural of starting bar.

Meaning of starting bar

Noun

starting bar (plural starting bars)

  1. A handlever for working the valves when starting a steam engine.

Questions about starting bars

What is starting bars the plural of?
Starting bars is the plural of starting bar.

Words near starting bars in the dictionary

  1. starting afresh
  2. starting back
  3. starting back in
  4. starting back on
  5. starting bar
  6. starting bars
  7. starting berth
  8. starting berths
  9. starting block
  10. starting blocks
  11. starting five

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