rebar
noun
re·bar ˈrē-ˌbär 
plural rebar or rebars
: a steel rod with ridges for use in reinforced concrete
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Futures for steel rebar in construction collapsed in Shanghai to their weakest since 2020. 
Richard Frost, Fortune, 15 July 2022 Dismantlement is expected to run through the year 2028 and by the time the job is dome, almost 1.1 billion pounds of equipment, components, rebar, concrete, steel and titanium will be removed. Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2022 And new boxes are always sprouting: A panorama of gray-walled construction sites is visible from any balcony, and city sidewalks are chronically clogged with rebar, bags of cement, and piles of sand and gravel. Jori Lewis, The Atlantic, 5 July 2022 Even in places where technologies for recycling the material have been developed, the process is complex, since structural concrete is threaded unpredictably with rebar, which is difficult to remove. Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2022 Ryan Runge, the president of Advanced Earthen Construction Technologies, who sold the couple their block-making machine, said the blocks are mold-proof and, when reinforced with rebar, earthquake-resistant. New York Times, 12 Nov. 2021 An off-duty Salt Lake City officer who was working a second job at the refinery had ordered Mohn to drop the rebar, and the woman complied, according to the news release. Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Aug. 2022 Areas of missing concrete and exposed rebar are visible on the flyover because CTA told the contractor to clean out loose material that might have fallen, the agency said. Sarah Freishtat, chicagotribune.com, 3 Mar. 2022 By completion, about 1 billion pounds of equipment, components, rebar, concrete, steel and titanium will be moved out of the plant. Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2022 See More
Richard Frost, Fortune, 15 July 2022 Dismantlement is expected to run through the year 2028 and by the time the job is dome, almost 1.1 billion pounds of equipment, components, rebar, concrete, steel and titanium will be removed. Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2022 And new boxes are always sprouting: A panorama of gray-walled construction sites is visible from any balcony, and city sidewalks are chronically clogged with rebar, bags of cement, and piles of sand and gravel. Jori Lewis, The Atlantic, 5 July 2022 Even in places where technologies for recycling the material have been developed, the process is complex, since structural concrete is threaded unpredictably with rebar, which is difficult to remove. Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2022 Ryan Runge, the president of Advanced Earthen Construction Technologies, who sold the couple their block-making machine, said the blocks are mold-proof and, when reinforced with rebar, earthquake-resistant. New York Times, 12 Nov. 2021 An off-duty Salt Lake City officer who was working a second job at the refinery had ordered Mohn to drop the rebar, and the woman complied, according to the news release. Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Aug. 2022 Areas of missing concrete and exposed rebar are visible on the flyover because CTA told the contractor to clean out loose material that might have fallen, the agency said. Sarah Freishtat, chicagotribune.com, 3 Mar. 2022 By completion, about 1 billion pounds of equipment, components, rebar, concrete, steel and titanium will be moved out of the plant. Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
reinforcing bar
First Known Use
1953, in the meaning defined above