plural rebar or rebars
: a steel rod with ridges for use in reinforced concrete
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Chiffon Thomas’ silicone cast of a torso — blackened with charcoal dust, pounded with nails and braced with rebar — exists somewhere painful but consensual between S&M culture and transition surgery.
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Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2025
If an existing bed is bowing out, add a cross piece or drive rebar rods into the soil along the exterior of the bed.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 June 2025
There are several ways to anchor a foothold trap for coyotes: cross-staking rebar, earth anchor disposable stakes, or drags.
—Skye Goode, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025
Since news of decision to build the world’s biggest hydroelectric dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet started to leak last month the price of reinforcing (rebar) steel, used extensively in dam construction, has been rising, taking the iron ore price with it.
—Tim Treadgold, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
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Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2025
If an existing bed is bowing out, add a cross piece or drive rebar rods into the soil along the exterior of the bed.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 June 2025
There are several ways to anchor a foothold trap for coyotes: cross-staking rebar, earth anchor disposable stakes, or drags.
—Skye Goode, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025
Since news of decision to build the world’s biggest hydroelectric dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet started to leak last month the price of reinforcing (rebar) steel, used extensively in dam construction, has been rising, taking the iron ore price with it.
—Tim Treadgold, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
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“Rebar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rebar. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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