metal bar

collocation in English

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metal
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈmet.əl/us
/ˈmet̬.əl/
a chemical element, such as iron or gold, or a mixture of such elements, such as steel, that is generally hard and strong, and through which electricity and heat ...
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bar
noun[C]
uk
/bɑːr/us
/bɑːr/
a place where drinks, especially alcoholic drinks, are sold and drunk, or the area in such a place where the person serving the ...
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(Definition ofmetalandbarfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Pitch is controlled by varying the point at which wire presses ametalbar.
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That is, stimuli closely associated with food (themetalbarin this example) will come to control food-related behaviors.
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Themetalbarthen became redundant and was dumped under a staircase down the passage here in 1853.
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They laid him down on the ground and broke his wrists and fingers with ametalbar.
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It was later defined as the distance between two scratches on gold plugs in ametalbarat a definite temperature.
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One, very primitive, model is ametalbarthat has a key used to tighten.
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The image to the right is animated and describes the way heat changes in time along ametalbar.
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Ametalbarabove the take-up reel allowed a finished plot to be torn off and removed.
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In other instances, the reclining of the back is controlled by ametalbarset in hooked back racks.
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Later examples used the expansion of ametalbar.
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The band's stage performance included the use of power tools such as a rotary saw on ametalbarto create industrial noise and pyrotechnics.
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This is a 68 cm-longmetalbarwhich served for calibration.
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It is a roughly rectangularmetalbarwith about 1.47 m above ground and approximately 2.7 m below ground.
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To protect the top of the playfield, a tempered glass window is installed, secured by ametalbarthat is locked into place.
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At the narrowest side of the body ametalbaris attached, to which the strings made of wire or gut are anchored.
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An instrument that is played exclusively in this manner, (using ametalbar) is called a steel guitar or pedal steel.
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Some rafts feature a circularmetalbarin the middle of the raft; this gives passengers a place to grip or brace their feet.
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The stay is ametalbarwith holes that fit onto the peg, and allow the sash window to be held open in various positions.
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