digging bar

noun

A long metal bar with a pointed or wedge-shaped end, used for digging post holes, breaking or loosening hard materials, or as a lever for dislodging heavy objects.

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Meanings

noundigging bar (plural digging bars)

plural digging bars

  1. A long metal bar with a pointed or wedge-shaped end, used for digging post holes, breaking or loosening hard materials, or as a lever for dislodging heavy objects.

    Instead, he went after his digging bar. […] It looks like a long iron bar but is made of tempered steel. It's about 5 feet long, 1½ inches in diameter, and weighs about 25 pounds.

    1997, Nancy Ross Hugo, Earth Works. Readings for Backyard Gardeners, →ISBN, page 160

    Synonyms: hop bar, slate bar, spud bar

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA long metal bar with a pointed or wedge-shaped end, used for digging post holes, breaking or loosening hard materials, or as a lever for dislodging heavy objects.

Similar
hop barslate barspud bar

Translations

Russian лом
  • лом (lom)long metal bar
Swedish spett
  • spettlong metal bar
Cite this entry
APA

digging bar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digging%20bar

MLA

“digging bar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digging%20bar. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “digging bar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digging%20bar.

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