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crowbar
CIDE DICTIONARY
crowbar, n.
A bar of iron sharpened at one end, and used as a lever. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
crowbar
aspirator, bar, beam, boom, cant hook, claw bar, corkscrew, crank, crow, extractor, forceps, get a foothold, get leverage, handspike, iron crow, jimmy, lever, limb, marlinespike, outrigger, peavey, pedal, pincers, pinch bar, pipette, pliers, press, prize, pry, pump, ripping bar, separator, siphon, spar, treadle, tweezers, vacuum pump, wedge, wrecking bar, wringerROGET THESAURUS
crowbar
Instrument
N instrument, machinery, mechanism, engineering, instrument, organ, tool, implement, utensil, machine, engine, lathe, gin, mill, air engine, caloric engine, heat engine, gear, tackle, tackling, rig, rigging, apparatus, appliances, plant, materiel, harness, trappings, fittings, accouterments, barde, equipment, equipmentage, appointments, furniture, upholstery, chattels, paraphernalia, mechanical powers, lever, leverage, mechanical advantage, crow, crowbar, handspike, gavelock, jemmy, jimmy, arm, limb, wing, oar, paddle, pulley, wheel and axle, wheelwork, clockwork, wheels within wheels, pinion, crank, winch, cam, pedal, capstan, wheel, inclined plane, wedge, screw, spring, mainspring, can hook, glut, heald, heddle, jenny, parbuckle, sprag, water wheel, handle, hilt, haft, shaft, heft, shank, blade, trigger, tiller, helm, treadle, key, turnscrew, screwdriver, knocker, hammer, edge tool, borer, vice, teeth, nail, rope, peg, support, spoon, arms, oar, cardiograph, recapper, snowplow, tenpenny, votograph, instrumental, mechanical, machinal, brachial.For further exploring for "crowbar" in Webster Dictionary Online