Bar

[bɑː] or [bɑr]

Definition

(noun.) 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'.

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

(noun.) a counter where you can obtain food or drink; 'he bought a hot dog and a coke at the 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'.

(noun.) a heating element in an electric fire; 'an electric fire with three bars'.

(noun.) a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises.

(noun.) a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore; 'the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river'.

(noun.) (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'.

(verb.) prevent from entering; keep out; 'He was barred from membership in the club'.

(verb.) secure with, or as if with, bars; 'He barred the door'.

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Definition

(n.) A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especially for a hindrance, obstruction, or fastening; as, the bars of a fence or gate; the bar of a door.

(n.) An indefinite quantity of some substance, so shaped as to be long in proportion to its breadth and thickness; as, a bar of gold or of lead; a bar of soap.

(n.) Anything which obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier.

(n.) A bank of sand, gravel, or other matter, esp. at the mouth of a river or harbor, obstructing navigation.

(n.) Any railing that divides a room, or office, or hall of assembly, in order to reserve a space for those having special privileges; as, the bar of the House of Commons.

(n.) The railing that incloses the place which counsel occupy in courts of justice. Hence, the phrase at the bar of the court signifies in open court.

(n.) The place in court where prisoners are stationed for arraignment, trial, or sentence.

(n.) The whole body of lawyers licensed in a court or district; the legal profession.

(n.) A special plea constituting a sufficient answer to plaintiff's action.

(n.) Any tribunal; as, the bar of public opinion; the bar of God.

(n.) A barrier or counter, over which liquors and food are passed to customers; hence, the portion of the room behind the counter where liquors for sale are kept.

(n.) An ordinary, like a fess but narrower, occupying only one fifth part of the field.

(n.) A broad shaft, or band, or stripe; as, a bar of light; a bar of color.

(n.) A vertical line across the staff. Bars divide the staff into spaces which represent measures, and are themselves called measures.

(n.) The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed.

(n.) The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the center of the sole.

(n.) A drilling or tamping rod.

(n.) A vein or dike crossing a lode.

(n.) A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.

(n.) A slender strip of wood which divides and supports the glass of a window; a sash bar.

(n.) To fasten with a bar; as, to bar a door or gate.

(n.) To restrict or confine, as if by a bar; to hinder; to obstruct; to prevent; to prohibit; as, to bar the entrance of evil; distance bars our intercourse; the statute bars my right; the right is barred by time; a release bars the plaintiff's recovery; -- sometimes with up.

(n.) To except; to exclude by exception.

(n.) To cross with one or more stripes or lines.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Obstacle, hinderance, obstruction, barrier, BARRICADE, stop, impediment.[2]. Rail, railing.[3]. Tribunal, judgment-seat.[4]. Body of lawyers.

v. a. [1]. Fasten with a bar.[2]. Hinder, obstruct, stop, prevent.[3]. Exclude, shut out.

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Definition

as the bars of York Temple Bar a toll-bar: a bank of sand or other matter at the mouth of a river: any terminus or limit (of life)—e.g. as in To cross the bar: the railing that encloses a space in a tavern the counter across which drinks are served a public-house: the wooden rail dividing off the judge's seat at which prisoners are placed for arraignment or sentence—hence To appear at the bar To pass the bar = to be formally referred for trial from a lower court to a higher: any tribunal: the pleaders in a court as distinguished from the judges: a division in music.—v.t. to fasten or secure as with a bar: to hinder or exclude:—pr.p. bar′ring; pa.p. barred.—ns. Bar′-ī′ron iron in malleable bars; Bar′maid a female waiter at the bar of a tavern or hotel.—prep. Bar′ring excepting saving.—ns. Bar′ring-out the shutting of the school-room doors and windows by the pupils against the master in order to enforce assent to their demands; Bar′wood a kind of red dye-wood imported from Africa in bars.

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