Crowbar

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crowbar \Crow"bar`\ (kr?"b?r), n.
     A bar of iron sharpened at one end, and used as a lever.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  crowbar
       n : a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge [syn: {wrecking
           bar}, {pry}, {pry bar}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  40 Moby Thesaurus words for "crowbar":
     aspirator, bar, beam, boom, cant hook, claw bar, corkscrew, crank,
     crow, extractor, forceps, get a foothold, get leverage, handspike,
     iron crow, jimmy, lever, limb, marlinespike, outrigger, peavey,
     pedal, pincers, pinch bar, pipette, pliers, press, prize, pry,
     pump, ripping bar, separator, siphon, spar, treadle, tweezers,
     vacuum pump, wedge, wrecking bar, wringer