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Meanings of crowbar in English

Portuguese
pé de cabra
Catalan
palanca

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

        pé de cabra

        A tool consisting of a metal bar with a single curved end and flattened points, often with a small fissure on the curved end for removing nails.

              Usage of crowbar in English
              1
              Brown took the lighted lantern and followed me; I had a crowbar.
              Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
              2
              The sailor was standing now, with the crowbar clenched in both hands.
              The Wings of the Morning
              3
              It is short and thick, and the most interesting kind of crowbar.
              The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 3
              4
              I went back to Dr Keller's with a file and a crowbar.
              Voices in the dark
              5
              Fetch a crowbar, and call up one of the lads to help.
              The Chequers / Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set ...
              6
              On the third day they made an attempt to use a crowbar.
              The Heart of Rome: A Tale of the "Lost Water"
              7
              Two of the men had produced a crowbar and a sledge hammer.
              Animal Farm
              8
              Getting to his feet, Hugh grabbed the crowbar from amongst the rubble.
              Breeder
              9
              For all its mocking tone, the question hits Fido like a crowbar.
              The sealed letter
              10
              If you ever hit anybody take a sledge hammer or a crowbar.
              A Man for the Ages: A Story of the Builders of Democracy
              11
              Jenks, using his crowbar as a lever, toppled the ladder clean over.
              The Wings of the Morning
              12
              He also picked up a crowbar, a most useful and silent weapon.
              The Wings of the Morning
              13
              Besides, I couldn't pry myself out of these jeans with a crowbar.
              Calamity jayne
              14
              In previous Half-Life games, these critters were little more than crowbar fodder.
              The Guardian
              15
              This cement is like steel, and I'm afraid of breaking my crowbar.
              Rainbow's End
              16
              When Niedermann suddenly moved towards her she threw the crowbar at him.
              The girl who kicked the hornet's nest
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              Translations for crowbar
              Catalan
              palanca
              Crowbar through the time
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              United States of America
              Common
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              Common