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| n. (artifact) | 1. bar, barroom, ginmill, saloon, taproom | a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.; "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar" |
| ~ barrelhouse, honky-tonk | a cheap drinking and dancing establishment. |
| ~ cocktail lounge | a barroom in a hotel or restaurant where cocktails are served. |
| ~ gin mill, pothouse, pub, public house, taphouse, saloon | tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals. |
| ~ room | an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling.; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view" |
| ~ sawdust saloon | a saloon whose floor is covered with sawdust. |
| ~ speakeasy | (during prohibition) an illegal barroom. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. bar | a counter where you can obtain food or drink.; "he bought a hot dog and a coke at the bar" |
| ~ cash bar | a counter at a large party where you can purchase drinks by the glass. |
| ~ counter | table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted. |
| ~ oyster bar | a bar (as in a restaurant) that specializes in oysters prepared in different ways. |
| ~ salad bar | a bar where diners can assemble a salad to their own taste. |
| ~ snack bar, snack counter, buffet | usually inexpensive bar. |
| ~ soda fountain | a counter where ice cream and sodas and sundaes are prepared and served. |
| ~ sushi bar | a bar where sushi is served. |
| ~ wet bar | a bar for mixing drinks that has a sink with running water. |
| ~ wine bar | a bar that serves only wine. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. bar | a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon.; "there were bars in the windows to prevent escape" |
| ~ belaying pin | a wood or metal bar to which a rope can be secured (as on a ship or in mountain climbing). |
| ~ deadbolt, bolt | the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key. |
| ~ bolt | a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech. |
| ~ carpenter's level | a straight bar of light metal with a spirit level in it. |
| ~ chinning bar | a horizontal bar on which you can chin yourself. |
| ~ core | a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil. |
| ~ crossbar | a horizontal bar that goes across something. |
| ~ drawbar | a strong metal bar bearing a hook to attach something to be pulled. |
| ~ fret | a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch. |
| ~ grab bar | a bar attached parallel to a wall to provide a handgrip for steadying yourself. |
| ~ handlebar | the shaped bar used to steer a bicycle. |
| ~ handspike | a metal bar (or length of pipe) used as a lever. |
| ~ heaver | a bar used as a lever (as in twisting rope). |
| ~ implement | instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end. |
| ~ lever | a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum. |
| ~ rail | a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal). |
| ~ rotor | the revolving bar of a distributor. |
| ~ shackle | a U-shaped bar; the open end can be passed through chain links and closed with a bar. |
| ~ slice bar | iron bar used to loosen and rake clinkers out of furnaces. |
| ~ anti-sway bar, stabilizer bar | a rigid metal bar between the front suspensions and between the rear suspensions of cars and trucks; serves to stabilize the chassis. |
| ~ towel bar, towel rail | a horizontal bar a few inches from a wall for holding towels. |
| ~ rails, runway, rail, track | a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll. |
| n. (communication) | 4. bar, measure | musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats.; "the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song" |
| ~ musical notation | (music) notation used by musicians. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. bar | an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal.; "it was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar" |
| ~ goal | game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points. |
| ~ impedimenta, obstruction, impediment, obstructer, obstructor | any structure that makes progress difficult. |
| n. (act) | 6. bar, prevention | the act of preventing.; "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza" |
| ~ interference, hinderance, hindrance | the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding. |
| ~ averting | the act of preventing something from occurring.; "averting danger was his responsibility" |
| ~ debarment | the act of prevention by legal means.; "they achieved his debarment from holding public office" |
| ~ disqualification | the act of preventing someone from participating by finding them unqualified. |
| ~ interception | the act of intercepting; preventing something from proceeding or arriving.; "he resorted to the interception of his daughter's letters"; "he claimed that the interception of one missile by another would be impossible" |
| ~ non-proliferation, nonproliferation | the prevention of something increasing or spreading (especially the prevention of an increase in the number of countries possessing nuclear weapons).; "they protested that the nonproliferation treaty was just a plot to maintain the hegemony of those who already had nuclear weapons"; "nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation are closely related goals" |
| ~ forestalling, obviation, preclusion | the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively. |
| ~ prophylaxis | the prevention of disease. |
| ~ save | (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring.; "the goalie made a brilliant save"; "the relief pitcher got credit for a save" |
| ~ crushing, quelling, stifling, suppression | forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority.; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent" |
| n. (quantity) | 7. bar | (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter.; "unfortunately some writers have used bar for one dyne per square centimeter" |
| ~ meteorology | the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather). |
| ~ pressure unit | a unit measuring force per unit area. |
| ~ millibar | a unit of atmospheric pressure equal to one thousandth of a bar.; "atmospheric pressure at sea level is 1013 millibars" |
| ~ bar absolute, barye, microbar | the absolute unit of pressure equal to one dyne per square centimeter. |
| n. (object) | 8. bar | a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore.; "the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river" |
| ~ barrier | anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access. |
| ~ ridge | a long narrow natural elevation or striation. |
| ~ sand bar, sandbar | a bar of sand. |
| n. (group) | 9. bar, legal community, legal profession | the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction.; "he was admitted to the bar in New Jersey" |
| ~ profession | the body of people in a learned occupation.; "the news spread rapidly through the medical profession"; "they formed a community of scientists" |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| n. (attribute) | 10. bar, streak, stripe | a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background.; "a green toad with small black stripes or bars"; "may the Stars and Stripes forever wave" |
| ~ marking | a pattern of marks. |
| ~ banding, stria, striation, band | a stripe or stripes of contrasting color.; "chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands"; "the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps" |
| n. (artifact) | 11. bar, cake | a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax).; "a bar of chocolate" |
| ~ block | a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides).; "the pyramids were built with large stone blocks" |
| ~ tablet | a small flat compressed cake of some substance.; "a tablet of soap" |
| n. (artifact) | 12. bar, browning automatic rifle | 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. |
| ~ automatic, automatic rifle, machine rifle | light machine gun. |
| n. (artifact) | 13. bar | a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises. |
| ~ high bar, horizontal bar | gymnastic apparatus consisting of a bar supported in a horizontal position by uprights at both ends. |
| ~ bars, parallel bars | gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden rods supported on uprights. |
| ~ support | any device that bears the weight of another thing.; "there was no place to attach supports for a shelf" |
| n. (artifact) | 14. bar | a heating element in an electric fire.; "an electric fire with three bars" |
| ~ heating element | the component of a heater or range that transforms fuel or electricity into heat. |
| ~ britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland | a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom. |
| n. (artifact) | 15. bar | (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried.; "spectators were not allowed past the bar" |
| ~ courtroom, court | a room in which a lawcourt sits.; "television cameras were admitted in the courtroom" |
| ~ rail, railing | a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| v. (communication) | 16. bar, debar, exclude | prevent from entering; keep out.; "He was barred from membership in the club" |
| ~ disallow, forbid, nix, prohibit, proscribe, interdict, veto | command against.; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans" |
| v. (contact) | 17. bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, blockade, stop | render unsuitable for passage.; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road" |
| ~ obturate, occlude, close up, impede, obstruct, jam, block | block passage through.; "obstruct the path" |
| ~ block off, close off, shut off | block off the passage through.; "We shut off the valve" |
| ~ close | bar access to.; "Due to the accident, the road had to be closed for several hours" |
| ~ obstruct, block | shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight.; "The thick curtain blocked the action on the stage"; "The trees obstruct my view of the mountains" |
| v. (social) | 18. banish, bar, relegate | expel, as if by official decree.; "he was banished from his own country" |
| ~ expel, kick out, throw out | force to leave or move out.; "He was expelled from his native country" |
| ~ spike | stand in the way of. |
| v. (contact) | 19. bar | secure with, or as if with, bars.; "He barred the door" |
| ~ fasten, fix, secure | cause to be firmly attached.; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" |
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