A metal tool with a flat end and a bent hook, used to pry open or lift heavy objects.
From 'crow' (the bird's curved beak resembled the tool's shape) and 'bar' (a metal rod). The tool was named for its resemblance to a crow's beak.
English speakers named this tool after a bird because the curved metal hook looked like a crow's beak—that's why we have 'crowbar' instead of just calling it a 'prying tool.'
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