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bar
has definitions from the fields of business,food,law,music,geography,physics,military,arms
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[ noun ] a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
Examples "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar" Used in print (Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)Mickie sat over his second whisky-on-the-rocks in a little bar next to the funeral_parlor on Pennsylvania_Avenue . Hanging over the bar was an oil_painting of a nude Al had accepted from a student at the Corcoran_Gallery who needed to eat and drink and was broke . Related terms room barrelhouse speakeasy sawdust_saloon cocktail_lounge public_house |
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[ verb ] prevent from entering; keep out
Examples "He was barred from membership in the club" Used in print (U.S. Reports. Volume 366. Cases Adjudged in the...)This , however , did not bar finding that du_Pont had become pre-eminent as a supplier of automotive fabrics and finishes to General_Motors ; that these products constituted a `` line of commerce '' within the meaning of the Clayton_Act ; that General_Motors ' share of the market for these products was substantial ; and that competition for this share of the market was endangered by the financial relationship between the two concerns : (T. C. McClary, "The Flooded Desert," Argosy,...)He swung toward the front to give the news to Hettie , then stopped , barred from her by the vehemence of her blame and hate . |
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[ verb ] render unsuitable for passage
Examples "block the way" "barricade the streets" "stop the busy road" Used in print (The Miami Herald,...)And until this protection is at_least as concrete as , say , the row of hotels that bars us from our own sands at Miami_Beach , those who represent us all should agree to nothing . (Sexology, 28:1...)That_is , when first penetration takes_place , the pressure and pain signals may involuntarily cause all the vaginal muscles to contract in an effort to bar the intrusion and prevent further pain . (David Alexander, Bloodstain....)That way was barred on both sides of the road by a high barbed-wire fence . |
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[ noun ] (business,food) a counter where you can obtain food or drink
Examples "he bought a hot dog and a coke at the bar" Used in print (Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)He and Irvin_Moll were sipping coffee at the breakfast bar . Sipping their coffee , discussing the weather , the day 's shopping , Fritzie 's commitments at the network ( all of which he would cancel ) , they avoided the radio , the morning TV news_show , even the front page of the Santa_Luisa_Register , resting on the kitchen bar . Related terms counter salad_bar wet_bar snack_bar soda_fountain sushi_bar oyster_bar wine_bar cash_bar |
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[ noun ] a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction of weapon
Examples "there were bars in the windows to prevent escape" Used in print (Mr. America, 4:6...)Place a suitably loaded barbell across them ; grasp the bar ( which will rest against the back of your neck ) ; extend your feet forward and backward until you are in a deep leg split . When the front knee is straight and locked , allow it to bend again until you feel the bar come lightly into contact with the sides of the Power_Stands . Although I suggested that you hold the bar at the back of the neck there 's no reason why you should n't make some experiments with the bar held in_front_of the neck . Although I suggested that you hold the bar at the back of the neck there 's no reason why you should n't make some experiments with the bar held in_front_of the neck . |
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[ noun ] the act of preventing
Synonyms Examples "there was no bar against leaving" "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza" Used in print (Legislation on Foreign Relations. Committee on Foreign...)Whenever the Secretary_of_the_Treasury , or the Comptroller_General of the United_States , as the case may be , shall find that any person is entitled to any such payment , after such payment shall have been received by such person , it shall be an absolute bar to recovery by any other person against the United_States , its officers , agents , or employees with_respect_to such payment . |
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[ verb ] expel, as if by official decree
Examples "he was banished from his own country" Used in print (The Rev. John A. O'Brien, "Let's Take Birth Control...)A year later in Albany , N._Y. , a Roman_Catholic hospital barred an orthopedic surgeon because of his connection with the Planned_Parenthood_Association . Related terms |
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[ noun ] an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal
Examples "it was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar" Related terms |
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[ verb ] secure with, or as if with, bars
Examples "He barred the door" Used in print (Perry Miller "Theodore Parker: Apostasy within Liberalism"...)We today are not entitled to excoriate honest men who believed Parker to be downright pernicious and who barred their pulpits against his demand to poison the minds of their congregations . |
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[ noun ] an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal
Examples "it was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar" Used in print (Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)Those were his only interludes behind bars , although he collected four more charges on his police record in 1921 and 1922 , three for burglary and one for robbery . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (music) musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats
Synonyms Examples "the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song" Used in print (Edward Jablonski, Harold Arlen Happy with the Blues....)The work had its beginning in 1938 with an eight bar musical strain to which Koehler set the words `` There 'll be no more work / There 'll be no more worry '' , matching the spiritual feeling of the jot . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a heating element in an electric fire
Examples "an electric fire with three bars" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (military,arms) a portable .30 caliber magazine-fed automatic rifle operated by gas pressure; used by United States troops in World Wars I and II and in the Korean War
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[ noun ] (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter
Examples "unfortunately some writers have used bar for one dyne per square centimeter" Related terms |
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[ noun ] the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction
Synonyms Examples "he was admitted to the bar in New Jersey" Related terms |
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[ noun ] a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises
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