HyperDic: crowbar

English > 1 sense of the word *crowbar*:
NOUN	artifact	crowbar, wrecking bar, pry, pry bar	a heavy iron lever with one end forged / forged into a wedge

crowbar > pronunciation
Sounds	krow'baa.r
Rhymes	Adar ... Zanzibar: 81 rhymes with aar...

English > *crowbar*: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	A heavy iron lever with one end forged / forged into a wedge.
Synonyms	wrecking bar, pry, pry bar
Narrower	jim crow	A crowbar fitted with a claw for pulling nails
Narrower	jimmy, jemmy	A short crowbar
Broader	lever	A rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum
Spanish	alzaprima, palanca, palanqueta
Catalan	alçaprem, palanca, palanqueta