Standard Lemma guide

rebar

noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈɹiː.bɑː(ɹ)/
  • rhymes with -iːbɑː(ɹ)
  • UK: /ɹiːˈbɑː(ɹ)/
  • CMU ARPABET: R IY1 B AA2 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A steel reinforcing bar in a reinforced concrete structure.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A grid-shaped system of such bars.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To reinforce with bars of this kind.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To bar again.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • After allowing the stranger to enter, she rebarred the door.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To redistribute the notes of a musical score across the bars, e.g. when changing time signature.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Blend of reinforcing + bar.

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English bar English rebar From re- + bar.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ամրան (amran) — steel reinforcing bar for concrete
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鋼筋 /钢筋 (gāngjīn) — steel reinforcing bar for concrete
  • Czech: roxor — steel reinforcing bar for concrete
  • Dutch: wapening — steel reinforcing bar for concrete
  • Dutch: betonijzer — steel reinforcing bar for concrete
  • Finnish: harjateräs — steel reinforcing bar for concrete
  • Finnish: raudoitus — steel reinforcing bar for concrete
  • French: fer à béton — steel reinforcing bar for concrete
  • French: barre d’armature — steel reinforcing bar for concrete
  • German: Bewehrungsstab — steel reinforcing bar for concrete
  • German: Betonstahl — steel reinforcing bar for concrete
  • German: Betonstabstahl — steel reinforcing bar for concrete
  • Hungarian: betonacél — steel reinforcing bar for concrete
  • Icelandic: kambstál — steel reinforcing bar for concrete
  • Icelandic: steypustyrktarstál — steel reinforcing bar for concrete
  • Indonesian: baja tulangan beton — steel reinforcing bar for concrete
  • Japanese: 鉄筋 (tekkin) — steel reinforcing bar for concrete
  • Kumyk: арматур (armatur) — steel reinforcing bar for concrete
  • Portuguese: vergalhão — steel reinforcing bar for concrete
  • Portuguese: varão nervurado — steel reinforcing bar for concrete
  • Romanian: fier-beton — steel reinforcing bar for concrete
  • Russian: армату́ра (armatúra) — steel reinforcing bar for concrete
  • Russian: армату́рный прут (armatúrnyj prut) — steel reinforcing bar for concrete
  • Spanish: hierro varilla — steel reinforcing bar for concrete
  • Spanish: hierro cabilla — steel reinforcing bar for concrete
  • Spanish: fierro corrugado — steel reinforcing bar for concrete
  • Spanish: fierro constructivo — steel reinforcing bar for concrete
  • Spanish: cabilla — steel reinforcing bar for concrete
  • Swedish: armeringsjärn — steel reinforcing bar for concrete
  • Thai: เหล็กเส้น (lèk-sên) — steel reinforcing bar for concrete
  • Turkish: donatı — steel reinforcing bar for concrete
  • Turkish: teçhizat — steel reinforcing bar for concrete