crowbar

UK: /ˈkrəʊbɑː^r/ US: /ˈkroʊˌbɑr/ ,(krō′bär′)

Inflections of 'crowbar' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

crowbars

v 3rd person singular

crowbarring

v pres p

crowbarred

v past

crowbarred

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

crow•bar /ˈkroʊˌbɑr/   n. [countable]

1. Building a steel bar used as a lever.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

crow•bar  (krō′bär′), n., v.t., -barred, -bar•ring. 
n. 

1. Building Also called crow. a steel bar, usually flattened and slightly bent at one or both ends, used as a lever.

v.t. 

2. Building to pry open, loosen, etc., with a crowbar:
   We had to crowbar a window to get in.

• 1740–50, American; crow¹ + bar¹; so called because one end was beak-shaped

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

crowbar / ˈkrəʊˌbɑː/ noun

1. a heavy iron lever with one pointed end, and one forged into a wedge shape