plural rebar or rebars
: a steel rod with ridges for use in reinforced concrete
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Menlo Park artist John Contreras painted a hazy swirl of blue and white on his sun, then added cacti shapes out of of rebar to the sculpture’s base.
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Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2025
The statue stood at 43 feet tall and was made of foam and rebar.
—Helen Rummel, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
On the upside, rebar can be used as an anchor over and over again, and doesn’t require any tools to set except a good hammer.
—Skye Goode, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025
In the lawsuit, McGee claims that Thornton Tomasetti changed standards and imposed new rules around rebar spacing and tolerance requirements that differed from the American Concrete Institute standards.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 16 Feb. 2025
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Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2025
The statue stood at 43 feet tall and was made of foam and rebar.
—Helen Rummel, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
On the upside, rebar can be used as an anchor over and over again, and doesn’t require any tools to set except a good hammer.
—Skye Goode, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025
In the lawsuit, McGee claims that Thornton Tomasetti changed standards and imposed new rules around rebar spacing and tolerance requirements that differed from the American Concrete Institute standards.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 16 Feb. 2025
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“Rebar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rebar. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.
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