slice bar


noun
  1. a long-handled instrument with a blade at the end, for clearing away or breaking up clinkers, coal, etc., in a furnace.

Origin of slice bar

1
First recorded in 1840–50

Words Nearby slice bar

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How to use slice bar in a sentence

  • One night two sweet-tempered, light-complexioned coal-passers hit me together, one with a shovel, the other with a slice-bar.

    Wide Courses | James Brendan Connolly
  • After a period of argument and persuasion, that young man took a slice bar and pounded at the lever of the whistle.

    The Triumph of Virginia Dale | John Francis, Jr.
  • Dan jerked a slice-bar from the fire and hurled it to the floor at Larry's feet.

British Dictionary definitions for slice bar

slice bar

noun
  1. an iron bar used for raking out furnaces

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