bar
bar
bɑr
baar
/bɑː/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "bar"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŦāĻžāϰ, āĻŽāĻĻā§āϝāĻĒāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ

a place where alcoholic and other drinks and light snacks are sold and served
bar definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The bartender prepared a cocktail at the crowded bar.
āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻŸā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ•āĻŸā§‡āϞ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāϰ-āĻāĨ¤
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āϤāĻžāϞ, āĻŦāĻžāϰ

any of the short sections of equal length consisting of musical beats located between two consecutive lines
Dialectbritish flagBritish
measureamerican flagAmerican
bar definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The singer counted the beats carefully to ensure she entered at the right bar of the song.
āĻ—āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻ—āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻžāϰ-āĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϟ āĻ—āĻŖāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϰ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϞāĻ•

a block of solid material such as chocolate or soap
bar definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A bar of chocolate was left on the counter.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϰ āϚāĻ•āϞ⧇āϟ āĻ•āĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϰ⧇ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĻāĻŖā§āĻĄ, āĻ—ā§āϰāĻŋāϞ

a solid, rigid piece of metal or wood, typically used for support, obstruction, fastening, or as a tool
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He used a metal bar to reinforce the door.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĻāϰāϜāĻž āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϧāĻžāϤāĻŦ āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϰ, āĻŦāĻžāϰ

a counter or service area where food or drinks are provided
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He ordered a sandwich at the bar instead of taking a table.
āϏ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŸā§‡āĻŦāĻŋāϞ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϰ-āĻ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāωāχāϚ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāώ⧇āϧāĻžāĻœā§āĻžāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž

the action of forbidding or preventing something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The new law removes the bar on public protests.
āύāϤ⧁āύ āφāχāύ āϜāύāϏāĻŽāĻžāĻŦ⧇āĻļ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āύāĻŋāώ⧇āϧāĻžāĻœā§āĻžāĻž āϤ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āϰāϏāĻŦāĻžāϰ, āĻ—ā§‹āϞāĻĒā§‹āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻ•ā§āϰāϏāĻŦāĻžāϰ

a horizontal obstruction, typically of metal, positioned at the top of a goal structure
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He aimed too high, and the ball hit the bar.
āϏ⧇ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āωāρāϚ⧁āϤ⧇ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϰāϏāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāϰ, āφāχāύāĻœā§€āĻŦā§€ āϏāĻ‚āϘ

the collective body of lawyers authorized to practice in a specific jurisdiction
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The bar sets ethical standards for legal practice.
āĻŦāĻžāϰ āφāχāύāĻŋ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻŽāĻžāύ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ, āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻŋāϰ āĻĸāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋ

a ridge of sand, gravel, or sediment, often submerged, forming along a shore or in a river channel
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A narrow bar separated the lagoon from the open sea.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧀āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻžāϰ āϞ⧇āϗ⧁āύāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ–ā§‹āϞāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āφāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāϰ, āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻŋ

a metric unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals or one million dynes per square centimeter
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Weather reports express atmospheric pressure in bars or millibars.
āφāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻĻāύ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞ⧀āϝāĻŧ āϚāĻžāĻĒ āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāϰ, āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž

the physical railing or barrier in a courtroom that separates participants from the judge
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Attorneys and litigants were required to approach the bar when filing motions or presenting legal arguments.
āĻŽā§‹āĻļāύ āĻĻāĻžāĻ–āĻŋāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻŦāĻž āφāχāύāĻŋ āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āφāχāύāĻœā§€āĻŦā§€ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϤāĻžāĻĒ āĻŦāĻžāϰ, āϤāĻžāĻĒ āωāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύ

one of the glowing metal strips that produce heat in an electric fire
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She switched on two bars to warm the room quickly.
āϏ⧇ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āϘāϰ āĻ—āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϰ āϚāĻžāϞ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻŦāĻžāϰ, āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ āĻŦāĻžāϰ

a horizontal rod used as a support for gymnastic exercises
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He practiced pull-ups on the high bar.
āϏ⧇ āωāĻšā§āϚ āĻŦāĻžāϰ-āĻ āĻĒ⧁āϞ-āφāĻĒ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĄā§‹āϰāĻž, āĻĒāϟāĻŋ

a narrow band or marking differing in color or texture from the surrounding area
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The flag displayed three horizontal bars of color.
āĻĒāϤāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāϙ⧇āϰ āϤāĻŋāύāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āφāϝāĻŧāϤāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻœā§āϝāĻžāύāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ āĻŸā§āϝāĻžāĻŦāϞ⧇āϟ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āφāϝāĻŧāϤāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻœā§āϝāĻžāύāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ

a rectangular Xanax tablet, sometimes misused recreationally
Slang
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Some people abuse bars to relax or get high.
āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻļāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϞ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻž āύ⧇āĻļāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻĒāĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āϞāĻžāχāύ, āĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ

a line or short set of lyrics in rap, often praised for skill, wit, or impact
Slang
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She dropped bars that shut everyone up.
āϏ⧇ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻž āϏāĻŦāĻžāχāϕ⧇ āϚ⧁āĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āĻŦāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to hinder or block movement or access through a passage
Transitive: to bar a passage
to bar definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Heavy snowfall barred the mountain pass, making it impassable for travelers until the roads could be cleared.
āĻ­āĻžāϰ⧀ āϤ⧁āώāĻžāϰāĻĒāĻžāϤ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻĨ āĻ…āĻŦāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āϝāϤāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āύāĻž āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤāϤāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ—āĻŽā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āφāϟāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋, āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to secure or block entry by using a barrier, often made of solid material like metal or wood
Transitive: to bar an entry point
to bar definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The prison warden will bar the cell doors during lockdown.
āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻžāĻ—āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄā§‡āύ āϞāĻ•āĻĄāĻžāωāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϏ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻĻāϰāϜāĻž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻŦ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āύāĻŋāώ⧇āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to not allow someone to do something or go somewhere
Transitive: to bar sb from an action
to bar definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company had a policy to bar employees from using personal devices during working hours.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ—āϤ āĻĄāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāχāϏ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āύāĻŋāώ⧇āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āύ⧀āϤāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ⧇

with the exception of certain things or people
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
All the students passed the test, bar Sarah.
āϏāĻŦ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻŦā§āϝāϤ⧀āϤ āϏāĻžāϰāĻžāĻšāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

baric
barrage
microbar
bar
App
āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
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āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ