BAR

/bɑː/ ► audio Scrabble 5 Words With Friends 6

Definition

  1. verb prevent from entering. — synonyms: debar, exclude
  2. verb render unsuitable for passage. — synonyms: barricade, block, blockade, stop, block_off, block_up
  3. verb expel, as if by official decree. — synonyms: banish, relegate
  4. verb secure with, or as if with, bars.
  5. noun a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter. — synonyms: barroom, saloon, ginmill, taproom
  6. noun a counter where you can obtain food or drink.
  7. noun a rigid piece of metal or wood.
  8. noun musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats. — synonyms: measure
  9. noun an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal.
  10. noun the act of preventing. — synonyms: prevention
  11. noun (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter.
  12. noun a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore.
  13. noun the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction. — synonyms: legal_profession, legal_community
  14. noun a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background. — synonyms: stripe, streak
  15. noun a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax). — synonyms: cake
  16. noun a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine. — synonyms: Browning_automatic_rifle
  17. noun a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises.
  18. noun a heating element in an electric fire.
  19. 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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