'BAR' definitions:

Definition of 'bar'

(from WordNet)
noun
A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter; "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar" [syn: barroom, bar, saloon, ginmill, taproom]
noun
A counter where you can obtain food or drink; "he bought a hot dog and a coke at the 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"
noun
Musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats; "the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song" [syn: measure, bar]
noun
An obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal; "it was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar"
noun
The act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza" [syn: prevention, 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"
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"
noun
The body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction; "he was admitted to the bar in New Jersey" [syn: legal profession, bar, legal community]
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" [syn: stripe, streak, bar]
noun
A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax); "a bar of chocolate" [syn: cake, 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 [syn: Browning automatic rifle, BAR]
noun
A horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises
noun
A heating element in an electric fire; "an electric fire with three bars"
noun
(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
Prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from membership in the club" [syn: bar, debar, exclude]
verb
Render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road" [syn: barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar]
verb
Expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country" [syn: banish, relegate, bar]
verb
Secure with, or as if with, bars; "He barred the door" [ant: unbar]

Definition of 'Bar'

From: GCIDE
  • Bar \Bar\ (b[aum]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Barred (b[aum]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Barring.] [ F. barrer. See Bar, n.]
  • 1. To fasten with a bar; as, to bar a door or gate. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To restrict or confine, as if by a bar; to hinder; to obstruct; to prevent; to prohibit; as, to bar the entrance of evil; distance bars our intercourse; the statute bars my right; the right is barred by time; a release bars the plaintiff's recovery; -- sometimes with up. [1913 Webster]
  • He barely looked the idea in the face, and hastened to bar it in its dungeon. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To except; to exclude by exception. [1913 Webster]
  • Nay, but I bar to-night: you shall not gauge me By what we do to-night. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To cross with one or more stripes or lines. [1913 Webster]
  • For the sake of distinguishing the feet more clearly, I have barred them singly. --Burney. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'bar'

From: Easton
  • Bar used to denote the means by which a door is bolted (Neh. 3:3); a rock in the sea (Jonah 2:6); the shore of the sea (Job 38:10); strong fortifications and powerful impediments, etc. (Isa. 45:2; Amos 1:5); defences of a city (1 Kings 4:13). A bar for a door was of iron (Isa. 45:2), brass (Ps. 107:16), or wood (Nah. 3:13).

Synonyms of 'bar'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Acronyms for 'bar'

From: V.E.R.A.
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Words containing 'BAR'