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a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
"he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar"
bar(noun)a counter where you can obtain food or drink
"he bought a hot dog and a coke at the bar"
bar(noun)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"
measure, bar(noun)musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats
"the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song"
bar(noun)an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal
"it was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar"
prevention, bar(noun)the act of preventing
"there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza"
bar(noun)(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"
bar(noun)a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore
"the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river"
legal profession, bar, legal community(noun)the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction
"he was admitted to the bar in New Jersey"
stripe, streak, bar(noun)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"
cake, bar(noun)a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
"a bar of chocolate"
Browning automatic rifle, BAR(noun)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
bar(noun)a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises
bar(noun)a heating element in an electric fire
"an electric fire with three bars"
bar(verb)(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"
bar, debar, exclude(verb)prevent from entering; keep out
"He was barred from membership in the club"
barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar(verb)render unsuitable for passage
"block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road"
banish, relegate, bar(verb)expel, as if by official decree
"he was banished from his own country"
bar(verb)secure with, or as if with, bars
"He barred the door"
a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wideall of the prison's windows are partially covered with steel bars
a line or long narrow section differing in color from the backgroundthe cat had a bar of white down her throat
a pile or ridge of granular matter (as sand or snow)more than one boater has run aground on that treacherous bar of sand in the river
a place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold to be consumed on the premisesa bar that serves meals as well as drinks
an assembly of persons for the administration of justicerather than try and convict the alleged murderer in the mass media, let justice be done at the bar
something that makes movement or progress difficultthe complication of the molecule is the biggest bar to reproducing it
something set up as an example against which others of the same type are comparedwe need to raise the bar for what is acceptable behavior in this situation
not includingeveryone in the company is invited, bar none
to make stripes onbarred the fence with white strips
to order not to do or use or to be done or usedcorporal punishment has long been barred in most public schools
to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion ofbeach-goers are barred from walking in roped-off sections of the beach to protect nesting birds
to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry pointthe bikeway was barred by a huge fallen tree
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