ALL meanings of bar
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B b - 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
- verb bar If you bar a door, you place something in front of it or a piece of wood or metal across it in order to prevent it from being opened. 3
- verb bar If you bar someone's way, you prevent them from going somewhere or entering a place, by blocking their path. 3
- verb bar If someone is barred from a place or from doing something, they are officially forbidden to go there or to do it. 3
- countable noun bar If something is a bar to doing a particular thing, it prevents someone from doing it. 3
- preposition bar You can use bar when you mean 'except'. For example, all the work bar the washing means all the work except the washing. 3
- proper noun bar The Bar is used to refer to the profession of a barrister in England, or of any kind of lawyer in the United States. 3
- countable noun bar In music, a bar is one of the several short parts of the same length into which a piece of music is divided. 3
- noun bar a rigid usually straight length of metal, wood, etc, that is longer than it is wide or thick, used esp as a barrier or as a structural or mechanical part 3
- noun bar a solid usually rectangular block of any material 3
- noun bar anything that obstructs or prevents 3
- noun bar an offshore ridge of sand, mud, or shingle lying near the shore and parallel to it, across the mouth of a river, bay, or harbour, or linking an island to the mainland 3
- noun bar an alluvial deposit in a stream, river, or lake 3
- noun bar a counter or room where alcoholic drinks are served 3
- noun bar a counter, room, or establishment where a particular range of goods, food, services, etc, are sold 3
- noun bar a narrow band or stripe, as of colour or light 3
- noun bar a heating element in an electric fire 3
- noun bar (in England) the area in a court of law separating the part reserved for the bench and Queen's Counsel from the area occupied by junior barristers, solicitors, and the general public 3
- noun bar the place in a court of law where the accused stands during his trial 3
- noun bar a particular court of law 3
- noun bar (in the House of Lords and House of Commons) the boundary where nonmembers wishing to address either House appear and where persons are arraigned 3
- noun bar a plea showing that a plaintiff has no cause of action, as when the case has already been adjudicated upon or the time allowed for bringing the action has passed 3
- noun bar anything referred to as an authority or tribunal 3
- noun bar a group of beats that is repeated with a consistent rhythm throughout a piece or passage of music. The number of beats in the bar is indicated by the time signature 3
- noun bar insignia added to a decoration indicating a second award 3
- noun bar a strip of metal worn with uniform, esp to signify rank or as an award for service 3
- noun bar part of the metal mouthpiece of a horse's bridle 3
- noun bar the space between the horse's teeth in which such a part fits 3
- noun bar either of two horny extensions that project forwards and inwards from the rear of the outer layer of a horse's hoof 3
- noun bar an ordinary consisting of a horizontal line across a shield, typically narrower than a fesse, and usually appearing in twos or threes 3
- noun bar a superscript line ⁻ placed over a letter symbol to indicate, for example, a mean value or the complex conjugate of a complex number 3
- verb bar to fasten or secure with a bar 3
- verb bar to shut in or out with or as if with barriers 3
- verb bar to obstruct; hinder 3
- verb bar to prohibit; forbid 3
- verb bar to keep out; exclude 3
- verb bar to mark with a bar or bars 3
- verb bar to prevent or halt (an action) by showing that the claimant has no cause 3
- verb bar to mark off (music) into bars with bar lines 3
- preposition bar except for 3
- noun bar a cgs unit of pressure equal to 106 dynes per square centimetre. 1 bar is equivalent to 105 newtons per square metre 3
- noun bar immunity from being caught or otherwise penalized in a game 3
- exclamation bar a cry for such immunity 3
- noun bar (in England and elsewhere) barristers collectively 3
- noun bar the legal profession collectively 3