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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.


slice bar

noun

  1. an iron bar used for raking out furnaces
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of slice bar1

First recorded in 1840–50
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Example Sentences

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

After a period of argument and persuasion, that young man took a slice bar and pounded at the lever of the whistle.

Dan jerked a slice-bar from the fire and hurled it to the floor at Larry's feet.

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