Definition of Bar

Noun: bar  baa(r)

1. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
   "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar";
   - barroom [N. Amer], saloon, ginmill [N. Amer], taproom, cantina, lounge bar [Brit], saloon bar [Brit]
    
2. A counter where you can obtain food or drink
   "he bought a hot dog and a coke at the bar"
    
3. 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"
    
4. Musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats
   "the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song";
   - measure
    
5. An obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal
   "it was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar"
    
6. The act of preventing
   "there was no bar against leaving";
   - prevention
    
7. (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimetre
   "unfortunately some writers have used bar for one dyne per square centimetre"
    
8. A submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore
   "the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river"
    
9. (law) the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction
   "he was admitted to the bar in New Jersey";
   - legal profession, legal community
    
10. A narrow marking of a different colour or texture from the background
    "a green toad with small black stripes or bars";
    - stripe, streak
     
11. A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
    "a bar of chocolate";
    - cake
     
12. A horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises
     
13. [Brit] A heating element in an electric fire
    "an electric fire with three bars"
     
14. (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"

Verb: bar (barred,barring)  baa(r)

1. Disallow membership or entry
   "He was barred from membership in the club";
   - debar, exclude
    
2. Render unsuitable for passage
   "bar the streets";
   - barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up
    
3. Expel, as if by official decree
   "he was barred from his own country";
   - banish, relegate
    
4. Secure with, or as if with, bars
   "He barred the door"

Preposition: bar  baa(r)

1. With the exception of
   - except

Noun: BAR

1. A portable .30 calibre 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

See also:
baptizing
Baraka

Anagrams containing the word bar

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