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bar

bar
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [bahr]
    • /bɑr/
    • /bɑː(r)/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bahr]
    • /bɑr/

Definitions of bar word

  • countable noun bar A bar is a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks. 3
  • countable noun bar A bar is a room in a pub or hotel where alcoholic drinks are served. 3
  • countable noun bar A bar is a counter on which alcoholic drinks are served. 3
  • countable noun bar A bar is a long, straight, stiff piece of metal. 3
  • countable noun bar A bar of something is a piece of it which is roughly rectangular. 3
  • countable noun bar A bar of an electric fire is a piece of metal with wire wound round it that glows and provides heat when the fire is switched on. 3

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Origin of bar

First appearance:

before 1175
One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; Middle English barre < Old French < Vulgar Latin *barra rod, of obscure, perhaps of pre-Latin orig.

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Bar

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

bar popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

bar usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for bar

verb bar

  • block — A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
  • lock — a tress, curl, or ringlet of hair.
  • plug — an apparatus for splitting stone, consisting of two tapered bars (feathers) inserted into a hole drilled into the stone, between which a narrow wedge (plug) is hammered to spread them.
  • clog — When something clogs a hole or place, it blocks it so that nothing can pass through.
  • secure — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.

preposition bar

  • save — to rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss: to save someone from drowning.
  • with the exception of — except for, save
  • apart from — You use apart from when you are making an exception to a general statement.
  • but — You use but to introduce something which contrasts with what you have just said, or to introduce something which adds to what you have just said.

noun bar

  • rod — a male given name, form of Roderick or Rodney.
  • poleReginald, 1500–58, English cardinal and last Roman Catholic archbishop of Canterbury.
  • stick — a thrust with a pointed instrument; stab.
  • staff — a group of persons, as employees, charged with carrying out the work of an establishment or executing some undertaking.
  • shaft — a long pole forming the body of various weapons, as lances, halberds, or arrows.

adjective bar

  • barring — You use barring to indicate that the person, thing, or event that you are mentioning is an exception to your statement.
  • other than — additional or further: he and one other person.
  • outside of — the outer side, surface, or part; exterior: The outside of the house needs painting.
  • short of — having little length; not long.
  • but for — You use but for to introduce the only factor that causes a particular thing not to happen or not to be completely true.

Antonyms for bar

verb bar

  • unlock — to undo the lock of (a door, chest, etc.), especially with a key.
  • unblock — to remove a block or obstruction from: to unblock a channel; to unblock a person's credit.
  • loosen — to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
  • release — to lease again.
  • unseal — to break or remove the seal of; open, as something sealed or firmly closed: to unseal a letter; to unseal a tomb.

noun bar

  • failure — an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
  • loss — detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery.
  • whole — comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total: He ate the whole pie. They ran the whole distance.
  • advantage — An advantage is something that puts you in a better position than other people.
  • assistance — If you give someone assistance, you help them do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.

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