Definitions For Bar
noun
- The act of preventing
- A rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon
- An obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal
- A counter where you can obtain food or drink
- (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried
- A heating element in an electric fire
- A horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises
- A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
- 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 narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background
- Musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats
- The body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction
- A submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore
- (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter
- To put a bar or a set of bars in front of a door, window, etc., so that people cannot go in or out of it
- To put something in a road, path, etc., so that people cannot get by
- To prevent or forbid (someone) fromdoing something
verb
- Prevent from entering; keep out
- Secure with, or as if with, bars
- Render unsuitable for passage
- Expel, as if by official decree
Examples of Bar in a Sentence
- He barred the door as soon as he got in.
- All the windows and doors were barred.
- A herd of goats was barring the road.
- They have lost every match, bar one.
- Everyone in the company is invited, bar none
noun
- The act of preventing
- A rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon
- An obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal
- A counter where you can obtain food or drink
- (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried
- A heating element in an electric fire
- A horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises
- A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
- 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 narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background
- Musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats
- The body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction
- A submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore
- (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter
- To put a bar or a set of bars in front of a door, window, etc., so that people cannot go in or out of it
- To put something in a road, path, etc., so that people cannot get by
- To prevent or forbid (someone) fromdoing something
verb
- Prevent from entering; keep out
- Secure with, or as if with, bars
- Render unsuitable for passage
- Expel, as if by official decree
- He barred the door as soon as he got in.
- All the windows and doors were barred.
- A herd of goats was barring the road.
- They have lost every match, bar one.
- Everyone in the company is invited, bar none