Crowbar
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noun.
A straight bar of iron or steel, with the working end shaped like a chisel and often slightly bent and forked, used as a lever.
transitive verb.
To extract, remove, or insert forcibly.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A bar of iron with a wedge-shaped end, sometimes slightly bent and forked, used as a lever or pry. Also called simply
crow.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A bar of iron sharpened at one end, and used as a lever.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
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.
noun.
An
electrical
circuit
that prevents an
overvoltage
from causing damage.
noun.
A type of
cocktail
made with only Crown Royal
whiskey
and lemon lime
soda
.
verb.
To use
force
to move something
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
Word Usage
"Grab the crowbar from the inventory and use it to open the crate."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
lever
Hyponym
Words that are more specific
jemmy
jim crow
jimmy
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
adz
adze
auger
ax
chisel
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
aspirator
bar
beam
betty
boom