bar

Nouns

• (n) a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
  • he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar
  barroom, ginmill, saloon, taproom,
• (n) a counter where you can obtain food or drink
  • he bought a hot dog and a coke at the bar
• (n) a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon
  • there were bars in the windows to prevent escape
• (n) musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats
  • the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song
  measure,
• (n) an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal
  • it was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar
• (n) the act of preventing
  • there was no bar against leaving
  • money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza
  prevention,
• (n) (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter
  • unfortunately some writers have used bar for one dyne per square centimeter
• (n) a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore
  • the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river
• (n) the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction
  • he was admitted to the bar in New Jersey
  legal community, legal profession,
• (n) a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background
  • a green toad with small black stripes or bars
  • may the Stars and Stripes forever wave
  streak, stripe,
• (n) a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
  • a bar of chocolate
  cake,
• (n) a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine; used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War Browning automatic rifle,
• (n) a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises
• (n) a heating element in an electric fire
  • an electric fire with three bars
• (n) (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried
  • spectators were not allowed past the bar

Verbs

• (v) prevent from entering; keep out
  • He was barred from membership in the club
  debar, exclude,
• (v) render unsuitable for passage
  • block the way
  • barricade the streets
  • stop the busy road
  barricade, block, block up, blockade, block off, stop,
• (v) expel, as if by official decree
  • he was banished from his own country
  banish, relegate,
• (v) secure with, or as if with, bars
  • He barred the door

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