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crowbar
crow·bar C0769900 (krō′bär′)n. A straight bar of iron or steel, with the working end shaped like a chisel and often slightly bent and forked, used as a lever.tr.v. crow·barred, crow·bar·ring, crow·bars To extract, remove, or insert forcibly: "[The newsmagazines] can crowbar stories in as late as Sunday and still be out on Monday" (Edwin Diamond).
[crow + bar.]crowbar (ˈkrəʊˌbɑː) n (Tools) a heavy iron lever with one pointed end, and one forged into a wedge shapecrow•bar (ˈkroʊˌbɑr)
n. a steel bar, usu. flattened and slightly bent at one or both ends, used as a lever. [1740–50, Amer.; so called because one end was beak-shaped] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  crowbar - a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedgepry, pry bar, wrecking barjim crow - a crowbar fitted with a claw for pulling nailsjemmy, jimmy - a short crowbar; "in Britain they call a jimmy and jemmy"lever - a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum |
Translationscrowbar (ˈkrəubaː) noun a large iron stake with a bend at the end, used to lift heavy stones etc. 鐵撬 铁撬棍crowbar
crowbar a heavy iron lever with one pointed end, and one forged into a wedge shape crowbar[′krō‚bär] (design engineering) An iron or steel bar that is usually bent and has a wedge-shaped working end; used as a lever and for prying. (electricity) A device or action that in effect places a high overload on the actuating element of a circuit breaker or other protective device, thus triggering it. crowbar, crowA steel bar, one end of which is flattened; sometimes slightly bent; used for heavy prying, and as a lever for moving heavy objects.MedicalSeeCrowcrowbar
Synonyms for crowbarnoun a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedgeSynonymsRelated Words |