noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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1
noun
Meaning 1
An iron or steel bar, often with a flattened end which may also be hook-shaped, to be used as a lever to manually force things apart.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wrecking bar, jemmy, jimmy, pinchbar, nail bar
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: prise bar, prybar
2
noun
Meaning 2
An electrical circuit that prevents an overvoltage from causing damage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A type of cocktail made with only Crown Royal whiskey and lemon lime soda.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To force to move, usually with a crowbar; to prise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
He crowbarred the door open.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wrecking bar, pry, pry bar
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lever
Narrower terms: jim crow, jimmy, jemmy
History
Etymology
From crow (“crow (bird)" also "metal lever, crowbar”) + bar, probably because the forked end looks like a crow's foot.
Across languages
Translations
130 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
koevoet
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Arabic:
عَتَلَة
(ʕatala)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Armenian:
լինգ
(ling)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Azerbaijani:
ling
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Belarusian:
цвікадзёр
(cvikadzjór)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Belarusian:
лом
(lom)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Catalan:
alçaprem
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Catalan:
palanqueta
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Cherokee:
ᎨᏘᎶᏍᏗ
(getilosdi)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Chinese Mandarin:
撬棍
(qiàogùn)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Chinese Mandarin:
鐵撬 /铁撬
(tiěqiào)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Chinese Mandarin:
撬杠
(qiàogàng)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Chinese Mandarin:
鐵挺 /铁挺
(tiětǐng)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Czech:
páčidlo
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Czech:
pajsr
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Czech:
pajcr
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Czech:
sochor
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Danish:
koben
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Danish:
brækjern
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Dhivehi:
އަލަވަންގު
(alavan̊gu)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Dutch:
koevoet
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Dutch:
breekijzer
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Esperanto:
levstango
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Estonian:
sõrgkang
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Faroese:
kúbein
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Faroese:
kleyv
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Finnish:
sorkkarauta
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
French:
pied-de-biche
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
French:
pince-monseigneur
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Georgian:
ძალაყინი
(ʒalaq̇ini)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
German:
Brechstange
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
German:
Brecheisen
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
German:
Hebeeisen
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
German:
Nageleisen
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
German:
Kuhfuß
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
German:
Geißfuß
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Greek:
λοστός
(lostós)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Ancient Greek:
μοχλός
(mokhlós)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Gujarati:
પારી
(pārī)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Hebrew:
לום
(lom)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Hindi:
सब्बल
(sabbal)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Hindi:
खनती
(khantī)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Hindi:
रंभा
(rambhā)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Hindi:
अधिपारक
(adhipārak)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Hungarian:
emelőrúd
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Hungarian:
emeltyű
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Hungarian:
feszítővas
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Hungarian:
pajszer
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Icelandic:
kúbein
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Indonesian:
linggis
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Irish:
gró
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Italian:
piede di porco
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Italian:
palanchino
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Italian:
levachiodi
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Italian:
cavachiodi
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Japanese:
鉄梃
(kanateko)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Japanese:
バール
(bāru)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Japanese:
バー
(bā)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Kannada:
ಹಾರೆ
(hāre)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Kazakh:
шегежұлғыш
(şegejūlğyş)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Kazakh:
шегесуырғыш
(şegesuyrğyş)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Korean:
노루발못뽑이
(norubalmotppobi)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Korean:
빠루
(pparu)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Korean:
크로우바
(keurouba)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Korean:
쇠지레
(soejire)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Latin:
vectis
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Latvian:
lauznis
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Lithuanian:
laužtuvas
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Lithuanian:
dalba
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Luxembourgish:
Briecheisen
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Macedonian:
ќу́скија
(ḱúskija)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Macedonian:
хе́бла
(hébla)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Māori:
koropā
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Māori:
whakatiriwhana
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Navajo:
béésh bee ayanaʼalgoʼí
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Norwegian:
brekkjern
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Norwegian:
kubein
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Persian:
دِیلُم
(dilom)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Plautdietsch:
Koofoot
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Polish:
łom
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Portuguese:
pé de cabra
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Romanian:
rangă
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Russian:
лом
(lom)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Russian:
ло́мик
(lómik)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Russian:
гвоздодёр
(gvozdodjór)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Russian:
фо́мка
(fómka)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Russian:
ло́мтик
(lómtik)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Serbo-Croatian:
ćuskija
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Serbo-Croatian:
pajser
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Sikaiana:
kolopaa
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Sikkimese:
ལྕགས་ཧྲེང
(lcags hreng)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Slovak:
páčidlo
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Slovak:
pajsr
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Spanish:
pie de cabra
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Spanish:
pata de cabra
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Spanish:
palanqueta
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Spanish:
barreta
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Spanish:
palanca
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Spanish:
diablo
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Spanish:
diablito
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Sundanese:
suligi
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Swedish:
kofot
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Swedish:
bräckjärn
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Tagalog:
landok
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Tagalog:
landol
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Tagalog:
ligkal
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Tamil:
நெம்புகோல்
(nempukōl)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Tamil:
கடப்பாரை
(kaṭappārai)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Tày:
ba minh
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Telugu:
పలుగు
(palugu)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Thai:
ชะแลง
(chá-lɛɛng)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Tok Pisin:
koroba
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Turkish:
levye
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Ukrainian:
цвяходе́р
(cvjaxodér)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Ukrainian:
лом
(lom)
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Vietnamese:
xà beng
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Walloon:
pî-d'-bixhe
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Walloon:
pidbixhe
— iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart
Finnish:
kangeta
— to force to move, usually with a crowbar
Hungarian:
feszít
— to force to move, usually with a crowbar
Hungarian:
kifeszít
— to force to move, usually with a crowbar
Hungarian:
szétfeszít
— to force to move, usually with a crowbar
Hungarian:
megfeszít
— to force to move, usually with a crowbar
Hungarian:
feszítővasazik
— to force to move, usually with a crowbar
Māori:
whakatiriwhana
— to force to move, usually with a crowbar
Persian:
دیلم، اهرم
— to force to move, usually with a crowbar
Polish:
otwierać łomem
— to force to move, usually with a crowbar
Polish:
otworzyć łomem
— to force to move, usually with a crowbar
Spanish:
apalancar
— to force to move, usually with a crowbar
Spanish:
palanquear
— to force to move, usually with a crowbar
