plural rebar or rebars
: a steel rod with ridges for use in reinforced concrete
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On the upside, rebar can be used as an anchor over and over again, and doesn’t require any tools to set except a good hammer.
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Skye Goode, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025
In the lawsuit, McGee claims that Thornton Tomasetti changed standards and imposed new rules around rebar spacing and tolerance requirements that differed from the American Concrete Institute standards.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 16 Feb. 2025
Other men extracted rebar from damaged walls and ceilings.
—Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 12 Feb. 2025
Little stood straight on their property other than a few concrete pillars with rebar sticking out of them.
—Vivian Yee, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
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Skye Goode, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025
In the lawsuit, McGee claims that Thornton Tomasetti changed standards and imposed new rules around rebar spacing and tolerance requirements that differed from the American Concrete Institute standards.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 16 Feb. 2025
Other men extracted rebar from damaged walls and ceilings.
—Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 12 Feb. 2025
Little stood straight on their property other than a few concrete pillars with rebar sticking out of them.
—Vivian Yee, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Rebar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rebar. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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