bar
/bɑr/
noun
- A place where alcoholic drinks are served, often also serving food.
- The bar was crowded on Friday night.
- He ordered a soda at the bar because he wasn't drinking alcohol.
- We met our friends at a cozy bar downtown.
- A long, straight piece of solid material, such as metal, wood, or soap.
- He used a steel bar to pry open the crate.
- She cut the chocolate bar into small pieces.
- The window had a thick iron bar across it.
- A counter or area where drinks or food are served.
- The hotel bar serves breakfast until noon.
- The bartender wiped the bar with a clean cloth.
- She sat at the bar and ordered a coffee.
- A unit of measurement for atmospheric pressure.
- The tire pressure should be 2.5 bars.
- The weather report said the air pressure dropped to 0.98 bars.
- Divers must be careful when the pressure exceeds one bar.
- A barrier or obstacle that prevents movement or progress.
- Lack of experience can be a bar to getting the job.
- The fallen tree was a bar across the road.
- The high fence acted as a bar to entry.
- The legal profession, or the group of lawyers who are allowed to practice in a court.
- The judge addressed the members of the bar.
- He was disbarred and can no longer practice at the bar.
- She passed the bar exam and became a lawyer.
- A measure in music, containing a set number of beats.
- The song has four beats in each bar.
- The conductor counted the bars before the chorus.
- She played the first bar of the melody perfectly.
verb
- To block or prevent someone from doing something or going somewhere.
- The security guard barred the door to the building.
- New rules bar smoking in all public areas.
- His criminal record barred him from entering the country.
- To fasten with a bar or bars.
- The old door was barred from the inside.
- They barred the windows to keep out intruders.
- She barred the gate with a heavy chain.
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