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

Word History and Origins

Origin of slice bar¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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