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crowbar Definition

crow·bar (krōbär′)

noun

a long metal bar, usually with a bent, often forked, wedge-shaped end, used as a lever for prying, etc.

Etymology: from the pointed end's resemblance to a crow's beak

crowbar Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • use: Wear gloves when using a crowbar to avoid blisters.
  • get: A 'closed shackle ' type is best, as thieves cannot get a crowbar through the shackle to break it.
  • take: We took the crowbar to Candy's Calamity which is near Shatter Pot.
  • need: When the council came to modernize the kitchen they needed a crowbar to get it out.
  • have: I'll get a phrasebook with " My toothache appears to have returned, do you have a crowbar you could hit me with?
  • leave: Beware of leaving crowbars on a slope where they may slide or roll down.

Adjective modifier

  • long: Somehow I used the 2 foot long crowbar in a passage less than a foot high to lever off a lump of rock.
  • giant: Again, the fight is the same, only fish with giant crowbars will try to hit you.

Preposition: through

  • shackle: A " closed shackle " type is best, as thieves cannot get the likes of a crowbar through the shackle to break it.
crowbar Quotes

Boston State-House is the hub of the solar system.You couldn't pry that out of a Boston man, if you had the tire of all creation straightened out for a crowbar.

—Holmes, Oliver Wendell

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