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| bar [ baar ] |
noun (plural bars) |
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1. length of solid material: a length of metal, wood, or other solid material used as a barrier, or as part of a structure
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2. small block: a small, solid, usually rectangular, block of some substance
  a bar of soap
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3. place for drinking: a place where alcoholic drinks can be bought and drunk
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4. drinks counter: a counter at which alcoholic drinks and sometimes food are served
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5. place providing product or service: a commercial establishment, or a counter inside one, where a product or service is provided
a heel bar
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6. barrier: something that blocks or hinders progress
Aloofness is a bar to making friends easily.
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7. narrow band: a narrow stripe or band of color or light
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8. something used as standard: something referred to as an authority or standard
Their redesigned model raises the bar for workstation computing.
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9. law lawyers or their profession: lawyers considered collectively, or the profession of a lawyer
the federal and state Bars
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10. law part of law court: the railing in a law court that separates the judge, jury, lawyers, people on trial, and witnesses from the public
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11. law tribunal: a tribunal or court of law
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12. law defeat of legal action: the defeat, prevention, or nullification of an action or claim, or the process by which this is achieved
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13. music unit of time in music: in music, a fundamental unit of time into which a musical work is divided, according to the number of beats
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14. North America music vertical line separating musical units: in music, any one of the vertical lines on a score that separates each unit of musical time.
Canadian term bar line
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15. military metal strip showing rank: a metal strip worn on a military uniform to show rank or a service distinction
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16.
Same as crossbar (sense 1)
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17. gymnastics
Same as horizontal bar (sense 1)
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18. ballet
Another spelling of barre
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19. geography ridge of sand: a low ridge of sand or shingle in the shallow part of the bed of a body of water
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20. geography river's crescent-shaped sand deposit: a crescent-shaped area of alluvium deposited on the convex bend of a river bed
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21. heraldry line across shield: a horizontal line on a shield, usually one of two or three parallel lines
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22. backgammon strip on backgammon board: the central dividing strip on a backgammon board
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transitive verb (past and past participle barred, present participle bar·ring, 3rd person present singular bars) |
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1. fix something with bar: to fasten something with a bar
barred the door
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2. block something: to block something by means of bars or barriers
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3. not allow somebody entry: to refuse somebody entry to a place
He was barred from the club.
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4. mark something with bars: to mark something with stripes or bands of color
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usually passive
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5. law halt court case: to prevent a court case from going ahead by making a legal objection to it
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preposition |
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excluding: except for
the best speech I've ever heard, bar none.
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| [12th century. Via Old French barre< Vulgar Latin barra] |
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behind bars in prison
spent 20 years behind bars
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