plural rebar or rebars
: a steel rod with ridges for use in reinforced concrete
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All of the main structures of al-Shifa were blasted and blackened, walls missing, shards of cement flooring pulling against twisted rebar.
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Lorenzo Tugnoli, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024
Cover the rebar with a 1 1/2-inch diameter copper tubing.
—Halee Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Mar. 2024
The group of skateboarders hosted fundraisers to buy cement, wood and rebar, then built different structures randomly. ...
—The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 24 Mar. 2024
People make concrete art and take rides on power trowels, all while cutting rebar and cutting deals.
—Conor Knighton, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2024
Homes turned to mounds of dust and protruding rebar in the villages of Moulay Brahim and Amizmiz.
—Joe Snell, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2023
To slow the corrosion of rebar that supports cement, the bridge recently underwent a $13.5 million electrochemical chloride extraction process.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2024
The main chamber is 22 feet underground and is mostly made up of rebar latticework and a steel form to pour the concrete — as Kala, who does not disclose her surname online, noted on TikTok.
—Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2024
Nucor in recent years has built similar-sized rebar mills in Missouri and Florida and has a rebar mill under construction in North Carolina.
—WSJ, 20 Oct. 2023
Lorenzo Tugnoli, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024
Cover the rebar with a 1 1/2-inch diameter copper tubing.
—Halee Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Mar. 2024
The group of skateboarders hosted fundraisers to buy cement, wood and rebar, then built different structures randomly. ...
—The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 24 Mar. 2024
People make concrete art and take rides on power trowels, all while cutting rebar and cutting deals.
—Conor Knighton, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2024
Homes turned to mounds of dust and protruding rebar in the villages of Moulay Brahim and Amizmiz.
—Joe Snell, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2023
To slow the corrosion of rebar that supports cement, the bridge recently underwent a $13.5 million electrochemical chloride extraction process.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2024
The main chamber is 22 feet underground and is mostly made up of rebar latticework and a steel form to pour the concrete — as Kala, who does not disclose her surname online, noted on TikTok.
—Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2024
Nucor in recent years has built similar-sized rebar mills in Missouri and Florida and has a rebar mill under construction in North Carolina.
—WSJ, 20 Oct. 2023
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“Rebar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rebar. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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