bar

Definitions of bar in various dictionaries:

noun - a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter

noun - a counter where you can obtain food or drink

noun - a rigid piece of metal or wood

noun - musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats

noun - an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal

noun - the act of preventing

noun - (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter

noun - a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore

noun - the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction

noun - a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background

noun - a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)

noun - a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine

noun - a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises

noun - a heating element in an electric fire

noun - (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried

verb - prevent from entering

verb - render unsuitable for passage

verb - expel, as if by official decree

verb - secure with, or as if with, bars

A relatively long, straight, rigid piece of solid material used as a fastener, support, barrier, or structural or mechanical member.

A solid oblong block of a substance, such as soap or candy.

A rectangular block of a precious metal.

Something that impedes or prevents action or progress.

A ridge, as of sand or gravel, on a shore or streambed, that is formed by the action of tides or currents.

A narrow marking, as a stripe or band.

A pair of horizontal parallel lines drawn across a shield.

Law.

The nullification, defeat, or prevention of a claim or action.

The process by which nullification, defeat, or prevention is achieved.

The railing in a courtroom enclosing the part of the room where the judges and lawyers sit, witnesses are heard, and prisoners are tried.

A place of judgment; a tribunal.

Law.

Attorneys considered as a group.

The profession of law.

Music.

A vertical line dividing a staff into equal measures.

A measure.

A counter at which drinks, especially alcoholic drinks, and sometimes food, are served.

An establishment or room having such a counter.

To fasten securely with a long, straight, rigid piece of material.

To shut in or out with or as if with bars.

To obstruct or impede; block.

To keep out; exclude.

To rule out; except.

To mark with stripes or bands.

To stop (a claim or action) by objection.

verb - to shut out

BAR - A bar (also known as a saloon or a tavern or sometimes a pub or club, referring to the actual establishment, as in pub bar or savage club etc.) is a ...