bar
noun
[ bɑː ]
• a long rigid piece of wood, metal, or similar material, typically used as an obstruction, fastening, or weapon.
• "an iron bar"
Similar:
rod,
pole,
stake,
stick,
batten,
shaft,
shank,
rail,
pale,
paling,
spar,
strut,
support,
prop,
spoke,
crosspiece,
girder,
beam,
boom,
• a counter in a pub, restaurant, or cafe across which drinks or refreshments are served.
• "standing at the bar"
• a barrier or restriction to an action or advance.
• "political differences are not necessarily a bar to a good relationship"
Similar:
obstacle,
impediment,
hindrance,
obstruction,
check,
stop,
block,
hurdle,
barrier,
stumbling block,
handicap,
restriction,
limitation,
• any of the short sections or measures, typically of equal time value, into which a piece of music is divided, shown on a score by vertical lines across the stave.
• "the opening bars of the first hymn"
• a partition in a court room, now usually notional, beyond which most people may not pass and at which an accused person stands.
• "the prisoner at the bar"
• the profession of barrister.
• "his dismissal from the Singapore Bar"
bar
verb
• fasten (something, especially a door or window) with a bar or bars.
• "she bolted and barred the door"
Similar:
bolt,
lock,
fasten,
padlock,
secure,
latch,
block,
barricade,
obstruct,
deadlock,
sneck,
snib,
• prevent or prohibit (someone) from doing something or from going somewhere.
• "she is barred from leaving the country"
Similar:
prohibit,
debar,
preclude,
forbid,
ban,
interdict,
inhibit,
exclude,
keep out,
obstruct,
hinder,
restrain,
check,
block,
impede,
stop,
enjoin,
estop,
• mark (something) with bars or stripes.
• "his face was barred with light"
bar
preposition
• except for.
• "his kids were all gone now, bar one"
Similar:
except (for),
apart from,
but (for),
other than,
besides,
aside from,
with the exception of,
short of,
barring,
excepting,
excluding,
omitting,
leaving out,
save (for),
saving,
outside of,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French barre (noun), barrer (verb), of unknown origin.
bar
noun
• a unit of pressure equivalent to a hundred thousand newtons per square metre or approximately one atmosphere.
Origin:
early 20th century: from Greek baros ‘weight’.
Bar.
abbreviation
• (in biblical references) Baruch (in the Apocrypha).
bar none
• with no exceptions.
• "the greatest living American poet bar none"
