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Wrecking Bar

Definition: Wrecking Bar

Wrecking Bar

Noun

1. A heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definitions: Wrecking Bar

DomainDefinitions

Mining

A steel bar usually from 1 to 2 ft (0.3 to 0.6 m) in length, with one enddrawn to a thin edge, the other curved to a claw. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Wrecking Bar

Synonyms: crowbar (n), pry (n), pry bar (n). (additional references)

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Commercial Usage: Wrecking Bar

DomainTitle

Consumer Goods

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Wrecking Bar

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

wrecking bar

14
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Anagrams: Wrecking Bar

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-g-i-k-n-r-r-w"

-2 letters: reracking.

-3 letters: beraking, bewaring, brawnier, breaking, crankier, creaking, rewaking, ringbark, wingback, wracking, wreaking, wrecking.

-4 letters: aircrew, anergic, angrier, arcking, backing, barkier, barking, barnier, barring, bearing, becking, bracing, bracken, brakier, braking, brewing, bringer, carbine, carking, cranker, crewing, cringer, earring, gawkier, grainer, kerbing, racking, rangier, rearing, recking, wackier, warking, warring, wearing, wringer.

-5 letters: arcing, aweing, backer.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Wrecking Bar


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

57 72 65 63 6B 69 6E 67      42 61 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010111 01110010 01100101 01100011 01101011 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01000010 01100001 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#87 &#114 &#101 &#99 &#107 &#105 &#110 &#103 &#32 &#66 &#97 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0057 0072 0065 0063 006B 0069 006E 0067      0042 0061 0072

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

57847169777580732366784

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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