crowbar crow·bar n

crowbar crow·bar n
['krəʊbɒː(r)]
piede m di porco

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  • crow|bar — «KROH BAHR», noun. a strong bar of iron or steel used to lift things or pry them apart. It often has a curved or forked end, flattened into a wedge. ╂[American English < crow1 in sense of “crowbar” (from its resemblance to the beak of the… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Crowbar — Crow bar (kr? b?r), n. A bar of iron sharpened at one end, and used as a lever. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • crowbar — [krō′bär΄] n. [from the pointed end s resemblance to a crow s beak] a long metal bar, usually with a bent, often forked, wedge shaped end, used as a lever for prying, etc …   English World dictionary

  • crowbar — crow|bar [ˈkrəuba: US ˈkrouba:r] n [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: Because its flattened split end looks like a crow s foot] a heavy iron bar used to lift something or force it open …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • crowbar — crow|bar [ krou,bar ] noun count a metal bar with a curved end, used for forcing open heavy objects such as doors …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • crowbar — crow•bar [[t]ˈkroʊˌbɑr[/t]] n. bui a steel bar, usu. flattened and slightly bent at one or both ends, used as a lever • Etymology: 1740–50, amer.; so called because one end was beak shaped …   From formal English to slang

  • Crowbar (tool) — Jemmy redirects here. For the Kongolese rebel leader, see Stono Rebellion. A crowbar. A crowbar, a wrecking bar, pry bar, or prybar, or sometimes (in British usage) a prise bar or prisebar, and more informally a jimmy, jimmy bar,[ …   Wikipedia

  • bar — n 1. rod, pole, shaft, stake, stick, sprag, Archaic. scape; crosspiece, Naut. crosshead, Naut. spar, Naut. boom, Naut. batten, Naut. fib. 2.(all of gold or silver) ingot, wedge, block, lump, nugget. 3. shoal, shallow, reef, coral reef or head;… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • Crow — Crow, n. [AS. cr[=a]we a crow (in sense 1); akin to D. kraai, G. kr[aum]he; cf. Icel. kr[=a]ka crow. So named from its cry, from AS. cr[=a]wan to crow. See {Crow}, v. i. ] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A bird, usually black, of the genus {Corvus} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Crow blackbird — Crow Crow, n. [AS. cr[=a]we a crow (in sense 1); akin to D. kraai, G. kr[aum]he; cf. Icel. kr[=a]ka crow. So named from its cry, from AS. cr[=a]wan to crow. See {Crow}, v. i. ] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A bird, usually black, of the genus… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Crow pheasant — Crow Crow, n. [AS. cr[=a]we a crow (in sense 1); akin to D. kraai, G. kr[aum]he; cf. Icel. kr[=a]ka crow. So named from its cry, from AS. cr[=a]wan to crow. See {Crow}, v. i. ] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A bird, usually black, of the genus… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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