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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

The tools used for cleaning the fire are the slice bar, Fig.

Plunging on, he gained the door which led to the engine room as a slice bar was hurled in his direction.

He seized a slice bar, threw open the furnace door, raked the fire, and commenced shovelling in coal at a rate that almost brought the tears of anguish to his owner's eyes.

In cleaning a fire, first use the slice bar to loosen up the fire and let the ashes fall through, and also dislodge clinkers from the surface of the bars.

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