Rebar

Tied rebar

Description

An abbreviation for reinforcing bar. Rebar is a cast steel bar originally designed as reinforcement for concrete and block walls. It is available in several diameters, The bars have regularly spaced horizontal protrusions for positional stability.

Synonyms and Related Terms

re-bar; reinforcing bar; reinforcing rod; deformed bar; trussed bar; Bewehrungsstahl (Deut.);

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  Rebar

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  Embedded rebar

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  Removal of rebar

Authority

• Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996

• Random House, Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997

• Encyclopedia Britannica, http://www.britannica.com Comment: "Steel." Encyclopdia Britannica. 7 Sept. 2004 .

• Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, at http://www.wikipedia.com Comment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebar (Accessed Mar. 1, 2006)

• Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000