bar

Noun

• (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried
  • spectators were not allowed past the bar
    

• a heating element in an electric fire
  • an electric fire with three bars
    

• a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises

• a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine; used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War

• a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
  • a bar of chocolate
    

• a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background
  • a green toad with small black stripes or bars
    
  • may the Stars and Stripes forever wave
    

• the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction
  • he was admitted to the bar in New Jersey
    

• a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore
  • the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river
    

• (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter
  • unfortunately some writers have used bar for one dyne per square centimeter
    

• the act of preventing
  • there was no bar against leaving
    
  • money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza
    

• an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal
  • it was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar
    

• musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats
  • the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song
    

• a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon
  • there were bars in the windows to prevent escape
    

• a counter where you can obtain food or drink
  • he bought a hot dog and a coke at the bar
    

• a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
  • he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar
    

Verb

• secure with, or as if with, bars
  • He barred the door
    

• expel, as if by official decree
  • he was banished from his own country
    

• render unsuitable for passage
  • block the way
    
  • barricade the streets
    
  • stop the busy road
    

• prevent from entering; keep out
  • He was barred from membership in the club
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Browning automatic rifle , BAR , cake , stripe , streak , legal profession , legal community , prevention , measure , barroom , saloon , ginmill , taproom , banish , relegate , barricade , block , blockade , stop , block off , block up , debar , exclude