bar
Definitions
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Acronym of Bureau of Automotive Repair abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- A non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals, slightly less than atmospheric pressure at sea level.
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Initialism of Browning automatic rifle. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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Alternative spelling of bar. alt-of, alternative
- A town and municipality of Montenegro.
- A diminutive of the female given name Barbara.
- A town in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine.
- A male or female given name from Hebrew.
- ISO 639-3 language code for Bavarian
- A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
- A diminutive of the male given name Barry.
- A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length
- A solid metal object with uniform (round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular) cross-section; in the US its smallest dimension is ¹⁄₄ inch or greater, a piece of thinner material being called a strip.
- A solid metal object with uniform (round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular) cross-section; in the US its smallest dimension is ⁄4 inch or greater, a piece of thinner material being called a strip
- A cuboid piece of any solid commodity.
- A broad shaft, band, or stripe.
- A cuboid piece of any solid commodity
- A long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart.
- A broad shaft, band, or stripe
- Any of various lines used as punctuation or diacritics, such as the pipe ⟨|⟩, fraction bar (as in 12), and strikethrough (as in Ⱥ), formerly (obsolete) including oblique marks such as the slash.
- The sign indicating that the characteristic of a logarithm is negative, conventionally placed above the digit(s) to show that it applies to the characteristic only and not to the mantissa.
- A similar sign indicating that the charge on a particle is the negative of its usual value (and that consequently the particle is in fact an antiparticle).
- A business selling alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises, or the premises themselves; a public house.
- The counter of such premises.
- A counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room.
- Premises or a counter serving any type of beverage.
- An informal establishment selling food to be consumed on the premises.
- An establishment offering cosmetic services.
- An official order or pronouncement that prohibits some activity.
- Anything that obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier.
- A metasyntactic variable representing an unspecified entity, often the second in a series, following foo.
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A dividing line (physical or notional) in the chamber of a legislature beyond which only members and officials may pass. UK, countable, uncountable
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The railing surrounding the part of a courtroom in which the judges, lawyers, defendants and witnesses stay. UK, countable, uncountable
- The bar exam, the legal licensing exam.
- Collectively, lawyers or the legal profession; specifically applied to barristers in some countries, but including all lawyers in others.
- One of an array of bar-shaped symbols that display the level of something, such as wireless signal strength or battery life remaining.
- A vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value.
- One of those musical sections.
- Hip-hop lyrics, especially ones written and delivered skillfully.
- Something well-said or well-written.
- A horizontal pole that must be crossed in the high jump and pole vault.
- Any level of achievement regarded as a challenge to be overcome; a standard or expectation.
- The crossbar.
- The central divider between the inner and outer table of a backgammon board, where stones are placed if they are hit.
- An addition to a military medal, on account of a subsequent act.
- A ridge or succession of ridges of sand or other substance; especially
- A ridge or succession of ridges of sand or other substance; especially:
- A linear shoaling landform feature within a body of water; a formation extending across the mouth of a river or harbor or off a beach, and which may obstruct navigation. (FM 55-501).
- One of the ordinaries in heraldry; a diminutive of a fess.
- A city gate, in some British place names.
- A drilling or tamping rod.
- A vein or dike crossing a lode.
- A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.
- The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the centre of the sole.
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The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed. countable, in-plural, uncountable
- A measure of drugs, typically one ounce.
- A small, tablet-shaped dose of Xanax, typically containing two milligrams and able to be split into quarters.
Equivalents
59 more languages
Afrikaanskroeg
Беларускаякарчма
বাংলাবার
བོད་སྐད།ཆང་ཁང
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Ελληνικάαμπάραδικηγορίαδικηγόροικαπηλειόμπαρμπάραμπαράκιπαμππήχηςπλάκαπλακίδιοποινικολογίαποτοπωλείοράβδος
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Hrvatskibanbarbarabaribarobircuzbirtijablokforumgadgatgospodagostionaivokrčmakruglistalokalpapalapregradaprutpubrimarudšankšelakšipkaštangatablatabletatakttankotihotresenбанкабарбиртијабирцузбрусзабранакрчмалетвалокалмеханапивницапреградапруттактшанкшипкаштанга
Кыргызчабар
ລາວບ່າ
Lietuviųbaras
Nederlandsadvocatuurbaarbaliebanbarbarrerenblokblokkerencafékroegorde van advocatenreepstaafstangstuktapkasttaveernetoogverbiedenverbodvergrendelenversperrenzandbank
Polskiadwokaturaantababarbarekbarierabufetdylgospodagryfknajpakontuarłachamyszakpalestrapiwiarniaszlabansztabaszynkwastabliczkataktzasuwa
Русскийадвокатурабанкабарбрусбрусокисключатькабаккорчмао́тмельотстранятьпабперекла́динапивнаяпивнушкапланкаплиткаполоскапрегражда́тьпрутстерженьстойкатавернатрактирюриспруденция
Slovenčinakrčma
Српскиbanbarbarabaribarobircuzbirtijablokforumgadgatgospodagostionaivokrčmakruglistalokalpapalapregradaprutpubrimarudšankšelakšipkaštangatablatabletatakttankotihotresenбанкабарбиртијабирцузбрусзабранакрчмалетвалокалмеханапивницапреградапруттактшанкшипкаштанга
Svenskaadvokatsamfundavlysabankbarbarskåpdiskförbjudaförbudgrundkrogpubreglaribbasandbanksparrastångstänga avutesluta
Тоҷикӣбар
Türkmençebar
Examples
“The window was protected by steel bars.”
“Ancient Sparta used iron⟳ bars instead of handy coins in more valuable alloy, to physically discourage the use⟳ of money.”
“We are expecting a carload of bar tomorrow.”
“bar of chocolate”
“bar of soap”
“a bar of light⟳”
“a bar of colour”
“The street was lined with all-night bars.”
“Step up to the bar and order⟳ a drink⟳.”
“a coffee bar”
“a juice bar”
“a burger bar”
“a local fish⟳ bar”
“a nail bar”
“a brow bar”
“The club has lifted its bar on women members.”
“The Chief Medical Officer of London Transport⟳ believes that public opinion against smoking will harden to the point⟳ of a total bar on the Underground, as in other countries.”
“Muſt I new bars to my own⟳ joy create⟳?”
“Sexual preference or orientation shall not be a bar to becoming a foster parent.”
“Mr Harding could look⟳ back on his initial judgement of Paul's talent with great satisfaction while Paul could reflect⟳ that to be Irish was not necessarily a bar to progress⟳.”
“Suppose⟳ we have⟳ four objects, foo, bar, baz and quux.”
“He's studying hard to pass⟳ the Bar this time; he's failed it twice before.”
“He was called to the bar.”
He became a barrister.
“I don't have⟳ any bars in the middle of this desert.”
“That rapper there, yeah, he got bars.”
“His musical journey, and this is a quote, is “a constant push⟳ and pull⟳ between self awareness and delusion”. That’s bars right there to be honest.”
“to set⟳ the bar high/low”
“to raise⟳ the bar”
“[…] there’s no World War III now, but in the words of the prominent Never Trumper and Atlantic contributor Eliot Cohen, “that’s a pretty low bar.””
“Composed play⟳ then saw⟳ Sam Ricketts nutmeg Ashley Cole before Taylor whipped a fine curling effort over Petr Cech's bar.”
“Travellers change⟳ at Batoum into a steamer which performs the service between that port and Poti, and which has a less draught of water to enable it to cross the bar of the river Rion.”
“On the fesse are two bars wavy azure for waterways.”
“Temple Bar, London”
“Tell⟳ Sick Boy tae gie us a bell if ye see⟳ um. The bastard owes us twenty fuckin bar.”
“Barry is there, playing Ms. Pac-Man. "Hey, Bar." "Well, have⟳ you met him yet?" Barry asks.”
“Defense Minister Israel Katz paid a visit⟳ to released hostage Bar Kuperstein, who was an off-duty soldier when he was abducted by Hamas terrorists from the Nova party near Re’im on October 7, 2023.”
“After Spanish actress Penelope Cruz posted an Instagram story showing released Palestinian prisoners reuniting with their families for the first time, Israeli model⟳ Bar Refaeli felt compelled to respond⟳.”
CEFR level
A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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