Meaning

3 senses
  1. An iron or steel bar, often with a flattened end which may also be hook-shaped, to be used as a lever to manually force things apart.

    Brechstange, Brecheisen, Hebeeisen

    ломlom, ло́микlómik, гвоздодёрgvozdodjór

    цвяходе́рcvjaxodér, ломlom

    a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge

  2. An electrical circuit that prevents an overvoltage from causing damage.

  3. A type of cocktail made with only Crown Royal whiskey and lemon lime soda.

Examples

56 sentences
  1. I need a crowbar.

    Мені потрібен цвяходер. — deniko

    deIch brauche eine Brechstange. — Luiaard

  2. Tom needs a crowbar.

    Тому потрібний цвяхосмик. — deniko

  3. Tom was killed with a crowbar.

    ruТома убили ломом. — odexed

  4. Tom hit Mary with a crowbar.

  5. Why do you need a crowbar?

    ruЗачем тебе лом? — Wezel

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart:
Русский
By meaning 1
iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart:

Origin

Vulgar Latin *barra

Vulgar Latin *barra

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Forms

plural: crowbars
Singularcrowbar
Pluralcrowbars

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Relatedcrowbill

See also

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