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A long rigid piece of wood, metal, or similar material
“Johnson was reported to have rescued a woman from a feral kid who was wielding an iron bar, chasing the boy away on his bicycle.”
A long, relatively straight region of a single color or pattern
“Their new uniforms were predominantly black in color, with a large bar of red running through the middle.”
A (physical or figurative) barrier or restriction to an action or advance
“If too rigidly enforced, the existence of copyright could become a tool for censorship, or a bar to the free circulation of ideas.”
An official or legal prohibition or interdiction
“In retaliation, Spain in 1618 imposed a bar on the trade between its duchy of Milan and the Grisons.”
An establishment where alcohol and sometimes other refreshments are served
“She had counted on unwinding with a few drinks at the bar, deciding how she would spend the fruits of all her hard work.”
A counter in a pub, restaurant, or cafe across which drinks or refreshments are served
“In most pubs, you order your drinks at the bar, pay there, and take your drinks back to your seat or wherever you were standing.”
Members of a court of law or the legal profession, collectively
“He returned to Lahore and joined the bar as a barrister, though he never took his profession of law seriously while pursuing his poetic interests.”
An amount of something formed into a narrow block
“He picked up a bar of gold in his hands and, turning it over, discovered a tiny crown chiseled into one of the corners.”
A sandbank or shoal at the mouth of a harbor or an estuary
“If a tench wants to move from one side of a bar to the other, it essentially has two options.”
A standard against which others of the same type are compared
“Their piano player, Jackie Marshall, set the bar by which all quartet pianists would be measured.”
A barrier, railing, or other upright structure enclosing an area
A bar or similar establishment, typically one that is shabby or sleazy
A mechanism for keeping a door, window, lid, or container fastened
A rigid bar designed to aid in lifting or forcing things apart
A ray or shaft of light
A beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a building or structure
A small refrigerator in a hotel room, containing drinks and snacks
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A vertical line in musical notation used to separate two bars or measures
An eating establishment in which diners are served food at their tables
A place, especially a civilian's house, where soldiers are lodged temporarily
A horizontal bar which can be held, serving as a support or guard
A place one lives in or frequently visits
Beam on the stern of a boat
Sports pub
A hinged barrier used to close an opening in a wall, fence, or hedge
A narrow horizontal surface projecting from a wall, cliff, or other surface
A horizontal line over the top of some of the terms in an arithmetic expression
A part of a literary work forming one row of written or printed words
A metal bar used to start an engine
The act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting
Meat from that part of an animal
A narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, and connecting two larger landmasses
A support on which to rest the feet
A contiguous area of land totally surrounded by water
To lock, bolt or secure with a bar
“His soldiers had to beat back the flood of invaders with swords and spears to close and bar the gates.”
To block or seal off a place, such as with a barrier
“Howe then went back to bar the entrance to the port against the French fleet.”
To prohibit the participation, consideration, or inclusion of
“The lawsuit challenged the application of three Pennsylvania Court Rules that bar the public from using audio recording devices in court.”
To deny admittance to someone
“The establishment has the right to bar troublemakers from their premises.”
To obstruct the passage or progression of
“Legal institutions do not allow such workers to have political agency, and thus, they bar their efforts to engage in self-determination.”
To put or make stripes on
“Through the thin curtains, the streetlamps bar the walls with prison patterns.”
To slow the growth or progress of, or to keep under control
To defy or put up an opposition to
To expel or send away, especially permanently
To cause to come to a stop or end
To section off a physical space or area
To imprison or incarcerate someone
To halt an activity or task temporarily
With the exception of
“Every party on the select committee, bar one, opposed the bill.”
(also used as preposition) With the exception of
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