grab bar

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   a bar attached parallel to a wall to provide a handgrip for steadying yourself

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Questions about grab bar

What does grab bar mean?

grab bar means "a bar attached parallel to a wall to provide a handgrip for steadying yourself".

Is grab bar a common word?

grab bar is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.