BAR
/bɑː/ ► audio Scrabble 5 Words With Friends 6
Definition
- verb prevent from entering.
— synonyms: debar, exclude
- verb render unsuitable for passage.
— synonyms: barricade, block, blockade, stop, block_off, block_up
- verb expel, as if by official decree.
— synonyms: banish, relegate
- verb secure with, or as if with, bars.
- noun a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
— synonyms: barroom, saloon, ginmill, taproom
- noun a counter where you can obtain food or drink.
- noun a rigid piece of metal or wood.
- noun musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats.
— synonyms: measure
- noun an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal.
- noun the act of preventing.
— synonyms: prevention
- noun (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter.
- noun a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore.
- noun the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction.
— synonyms: legal_profession, legal_community
- noun a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background.
— synonyms: stripe, streak
- noun a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax).
— synonyms: cake
- noun a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine.
— synonyms: Browning_automatic_rifle
- noun a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises.
- noun a heating element in an electric fire.
- noun (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried.
Examples
- “The window was protected by steel bars.”
- “Ancient Sparta used iron bars instead of handy coins in more valuable alloy, to physically discourage the use of money.”
- “bar of chocolate”
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