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bar¹ Definition

bar (bär)

noun

  1. any piece of wood, metal, etc. longer than it is wide or thick, often used as a barrier, fastening, lever, etc.
    1. an oblong piece or mass of something solid bar of soap, chocolate bar
    2. any of various small metal strips worn to show military or other rank
  3. a thing that blocks the way or prevents entrance, departure, or further movement; specif., sandbar
  4. anything that hinders or prevents illiteracy is a bar to success
  5. a strip, stripe, band, or broad line, as of light or color
    1. the railing enclosing the part of a law court where the judges or lawyers sit, or where prisoners are brought to trial
    2. this part of the law court
    1. a law court or system of courts
    2. any place of judgment the bar of public opinion
    1. lawyers collectively
    2. the legal profession
    1. a counter at which alcoholic drinks and sometimes food are served
    2. an establishment or room with such a counter
    3. an article of furniture, often on wheels, from which drinks, etc. are served
  10. barre
  11. the mouthpiece of a horse's bit, or the part of a horse's mouth into which it is fitted
  12. in lace making and other needlework, a loop or tie that connects parts of a pattern
  13. Heraldry a horizontal stripe on a shield or bearing
  14. Law
    1. the defeat or nullifying of a claim or action
    2. anything that brings this about
  15. Music
    1. a vertical line across a staff, dividing it into measures
    2. a measure
    3. double bar
  16. Track & Field the horizontal bar used in the high jump or pole vault
  17. Zool. either of the ends of the wall of a horse's hoof, curving inward toward the center of the sole

Etymology: ME & OFr barre < ML barra, bar, barrier, prob. < Gaul *barros, the bushy end, akin to Ir bar, branch < IE *bhoros, cut wood < base *bher-, to cut with a sharp tool

transitive verb barred, barring bar′·ring

  1. to fasten with or as with a bar
  2. to obstruct by means of a bar or bars; shut off; close
  3. to oppose, prevent, or forbid, as by legal action
  4. to keep out; exclude he was barred from the contest
  5. to set aside barring certain possibilities
  6. to mark with stripes

excluding; excepting the best bar none
bar¹ Idioms

cross the bar

to die

raise (or lower) the bar

Etymology: < bar

raise (or lower) the standard of judgment
bar² Definition

bar (bär)

noun

  1. the basic unit of pressure in the CGS system, equal to the pressure of a force of one million dynes per square centimeter: abbrev. b
  2. microbar

Etymology: Ger < Gr baros, weight, akin to barys, heavy: see grave

bar³ Definition

bar

    1. barometer
    2. barometric
  2. barrel
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bar Synonyms

bar

n.

  1. A relatively long, narrow object

    strip, stake, rod, pole, stick, crossbar, boom, rib, jimmy, handspike, crosspiece, spar, pry, rail, ingot, block, cake, lever, pinch bar, wrecking bar, crowbar, shaft, slab, pig.

  2. A counter serving refreshments, especially drinks, or the accompanying establishment

    saloon, tavern, pub, public house, counter, buffet, barroom, cafe, bistro, cocktail lounge, beer parlor, beer garden, alehouse, fern bar, nightclub, cabaret, restaurant, inn, cafeteria, snack bar, canteen, grillroom, grill, taproom, tap, piano bar, wine bar, rathskeller, brasserie (French), brewery, speakeasy, roadhouse, watering hole*, booze joint*, dive*, barrelhouse*, gin mill*, honky-tonk*, after-hours joint*, local* (British).

  3. A court of law

    tribunal, judiciary, session; see court 2.

  4. The legal profession

    lawyers, advocates, counselors, barristers, judiciary, solicitors, jurists, body of lawyers, attorneys, the legal fraternity, bar association.

  5. An obstruction

    hindrance, obstacle, hurdle; see barrier.

  6. A relatively long, narrow area

    strip, stripe, ribbon; see band 1, stripe.

  7. Raised ground underwater

    shoal, bank, reef; see shoal. See syn. study at shoal.

bar Synonyms

bar

v.

  1. To raise a physical obstruction

    barricade, dam, dike, fence, wall, obstruct, erect a barrier, brick up, blockade, trammel, clog, exclude, shut, shut off, block, block off, block up, lock (out), keep out, debar, bolt, latch, cork, plug, seal, jam, caulk, stop, impede, (set up a) roadblock, raise the drawbridge*.

    Antonyms open*, free*, clear. *

  2. To obstruct by refusal

    interdict, ban, forbid, disallow, deny, refuse, debar, repudiate, suspend, segregate, boycott, ostracize, blackball, prevent, preclude, shut out, keep out, exclude, exile, reject, outlaw, condemn, prohibit, discourage, discountenance, interfere with, restrain, stop, frustrate, circumvent, override, except, blacklist, freeze out*.

    Antonyms allow*, admit*, welcome. *

  3. To hinder

    obstruct, impede, interfere with; see hinder. See syn. study at hinder.

bar Law Definition

n

A legal obstacle or barrier that prevents or destroys a legal action or claim, especially one that prevents the relitigation of an issue or the formation of a valid contract. See also double jeopardy, estoppel, merger, plea, and res judicata.

v

To prevent, prohibit, or act as a bar to.

n

In bar. As a bar to an action. For example, if a defendant in a criminal action was acquitted earlier of the same charges that he is now accused, he may plead double jeopardy in bar.

adj

At bar. Now before the court. For example, an action that is before the court may be referred to as the case at bar.

n

The legal profession in general.

n

A group of attorneys admitted to practice law in a particular jurisdiction or before a particular court or who practice in a common field or area of expertise in the law.

n

The railing in a courtroom that separates the area used by the judge, lawyers, and court personnel to conduct judicial business from the seating provided for observers. See also bench.
bar Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • soap: Nothing, in short, that use of a good bar of soap couldn't put right.
  • chocolate: Grace spends hers all at once on sweets - a bar of chocolate or two, and a handful of gummy snakes.

Converse of object

  • well-stock: There's coffee and dates on arrival, a well-stocked bar for the sedentary and camel rides and sandboarding for the adventurous.

Adjective modifier

  • licensed: A licensed bar is available for the purchase of extra drinks.
  • mini: All rooms offer air conditioning, mini bar, Internet access.
  • trendy: Are there any trendy bars / retaurants springing up?
  • vertical: A colored vertical bar appears alongside the window of whoever is speaking, thus giving a visual confirmation of who is the current speaker.
  • cozy: Fine Victorian residence ~ High quality accommodation ~ Quiet location close to town center ~ Cozy bar ~ Bargain breaks available.
  • horizontal: For a horizontal scroll bar replace the 1 with a 0.

Modifies a noun

  • chart: The results can be seen in the following bar chart.
  • stool: I also found two bar stools for £ 3.50 each in South Molton.
  • snack: It is renowned for its home cooking, has a full a la carte menu and also serves a range of bar snacks.
  • graph: AUTHOR David Harrison University of California BUGS - Zooming in on bar graphs doesn't work right.
  • mitzvah: In the cellar was a space to celebrate weddings, bar mitzvahs and to hold meetings.

Noun used with modifier

  • navigation: The navigation bar alone, for instance, can add several graphic elements to each page.
  • menu: Please use the links in the menu bar at the top to find out more.
  • scroll: For a horizontal scroll bar replace the 1 with a 0.
  • snack: We have a raffle every week and sell tickets at the snack bar and on the floor when going around checking entry tickets.
  • chocolate: He has no fatal disease but drinks and smokes too much, lives on fast food and chocolate bars and takes too little exercise.
  • cocktail: Lime is a new international fine dining restaurant and cocktail bar offering a unique style of cooking.
bar Quotes

   Back of the bar, in a solo game, sat dangerous Dan McGrew, And watching his luck was his light-o'-love, the lady that's known as Lou.

—Service, Robert William

   Then let us have our libertyagain, And challenge to yourselves no sovereignty. You came not in the world without our pain, Make that a bar against your cruelty; Your fault being greater, why should you disdain Our being your equals, free from tyranny?

—Lanyer, Aemilia

One can scarcely imagine a speaker at a meeting of a county medical society discussing the possible elimination of some disease by public health measures, and then qualifying his observations by the statement that many practitioners make a living out of treating the disease in question; and that unless the physicians are vigilant to prevent the adoption of such measures, this source of business will be taken from them.Yet speakers at barassociationmeetings arefrequently heard tomake similar observations about the effect of proposed reforms.

—Sutherland, ArthurJr

And now he could only bar himself in and wait for the great flint to come singing into his heart.

—Birney, Earle

His Majesty entered the House, and as he passed up towards the Chair, he cast his eye on the right hand near Ruskin the Bar of the House where Mr Pym used to sit; but His Majesty, not seeing him there (knowing him well) went up to the Chair and said,'By your leave, Mr Speaker, I must borrow your chair a little.'

—Rushworth,John

The blessed damozel leaned out From the gold bar of Heaven; Her eyes were deeper than the depth Of waters stilled at even; She had three lilies in her hand, And the stars in her hair were seven.

—Rossetti, Dante Gabriel

Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark; For though from out our bourne of Time and Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crossed the bar.

—Tennyson

'Tis midnight, falls the lamp-light dull and sickly On a pale and anxious crowd, Through the court, and round the judges thronging thickly, With prayers they dare not speak aloudö Two youths, two noble youths, stand prisoners at the barö You can see them through the gloomö In the pride of life and manhood's beauty, there they are Awaiting their death-doom.

—Wilde,Jane Francesca ne¤  e Elgee

He sat at the cocktail bar† It wore the air of a fashion magazine, once stiff and shiny, which too many people had handled.

—Waugh, Evelyn Arthur StJohn

When I went to the Bar as a very young man, (Said I to myselfösaid I), I'll work on a new and original plan, (Said I to myselfösaid I).

—Gilbert, Sir W(illiam) S(chwenck)