RIPPING BAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ripping bar mean? 

• RIPPING BAR (noun)
  The noun RIPPING BAR has 1 sense:

1. a steel lever with one end formed into a ripping chisel and the other a gooseneck with a claw for pulling nails

  Familiarity information: RIPPING BAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIPPING BAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A steel lever with one end formed into a ripping chisel and the other a gooseneck with a claw for pulling nails

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("ripping bar" is a kind of...):

lever (a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum)

Meronyms (parts of "ripping bar"):

ripping chisel (a long chisel with a slightly bent cutting end; used for heavy prying or cleaning mortises)