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bar
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Meanings
noun
  • a long rigid piece of wood, metal, or similar material, typically used as an obstruction, fastening, or weapon.
    E.g. an iron bar
  • a counter in a pub, restaurant, or cafe across which drinks or refreshments are served.
    E.g. standing at the bar
  • a barrier or restriction to an action or advance.
    E.g. political differences are not necessarily a bar to a good relationship
  • 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.
    E.g. 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.
    E.g. the prisoner at the bar
  • the profession of barrister.
    E.g. his dismissal from the Singapore Bar
verb
  • fasten (something, especially a door or window) with a bar or bars.
    E.g. she bolted and barred the door
  • prevent or prohibit (someone) from doing something or from going somewhere.
    E.g. she is barred from leaving the country
  • mark (something) with bars or stripes.
    E.g. his face was barred with light
preposition
  • except for.
    E.g. his kids were all gone now, bar one
noun
  • a unit of pressure equivalent to a hundred thousand newtons per square metre or approximately one atmosphere.
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abbreviation
  • (in biblical references) Baruch (in the Apocrypha).

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