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bar



[ ˈbär]



bar   
noun
[ˈbär]
bar   
verb
barred; barring

Definition of bar (Entry 2 of 9)

transitive verb

1a : to fasten with a long, narrow piece of wood, metal, or other material : to fasten with a bar (see bar entry 1 sense 1a)
b : to place bars across to prevent ingress or egress
//bar the door
2 : to mark with straight stripes, bands, or lines that are much longer than they are wide : to mark with bars (see bar entry 1 sense 4) : stripe
//a feather barred with blue
3a : to confine or shut in by or as if by bars (see bar entry 1 sense 1a)
//barring prisoners in their cells
b : to set aside : to not take into consideration : rule out
//did not bar the possibility of further measures
c : to keep out : exclude —often used with from
//Women were barred from joining the club.
4a : to put forth legal objection to (something, such as a claim or action)
//final judgment barred the subsequent claim : to prevent (a party) from bringing a claim or action
//Plaintiffs are barred from litigating such claims.
b : prevent, forbid
//a decision barring his participation


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First Known Use of bar

Noun (1)

12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Preposition

1723, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

1910, in the meaning defined above



History and Etymology for bar

Noun (1), Verb, and Preposition

Middle English barre, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *barra

Noun (2)

German, from Greek baros

Combining form

Greek baros; akin to Greek barys heavy — more at grieve



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(Entry 1 of 3)

1 a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide
  • all of the prison's windows are partially covered with steel bars

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2 a line or long narrow section differing in color from the background
  • the cat had a bar of white down her throat

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3 a pile or ridge of granular matter (as sand or snow)
  • more than one boater has run aground on that treacherous bar of sand in the river

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4 a place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold to be consumed on the premises
  • a bar that serves meals as well as drinks

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5 an assembly of persons for the administration of justice
  • rather than try and convict the alleged murderer in the mass media, let justice be done at the bar

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6 something that makes movement or progress difficult
  • the complication of the molecule is the biggest bar to reproducing it

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7 something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared
  • we need to raise the bar for what is acceptable behavior in this situation

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bar

preposition

Synonyms of bar (Entry 2 of 3)

not including
  • everyone in the company is invited, bar none

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bar

verb

Synonyms & Antonyms of bar (Entry 3 of 3)

1 to make stripes on
  • barred the fence with white strips

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2 to order not to do or use or to be done or used
  • corporal punishment has long been barred in most public schools

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3 to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of
  • beach-goers are barred from walking in roped-off sections of the beach to protect nesting birds

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4 to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point
  • the bikeway was barred by a huge fallen tree

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More Definitions forbar

bar

verb

English Language Learners Definition of bar

 (Entry 1 of 2)

: to put a bar or a set of bars in front of a door, window, etc., so that people cannot go in or out of it
: to put something in a road, path, etc., so that people cannot get by
: to prevent or forbid (someone) from doing something

bar

preposition

English Language Learners Definition of bar (Entry 2 of 2)

—used in the phrase bar none to emphasize that a statement is completely true
British : except for

bar

noun
\ ˈbär \

Kids Definition of bar

 (Entry 1 of 3)

1 : a usually slender rigid piece (as of wood or metal) that has a specific use (as for a lever or barrier)
2 : a rectangular solid piece or block of something
//a bar of soap candy bar
3 : a counter on which alcoholic drinks are served
4 : a place of business for the sale of alcoholic drinks
5 : a part of a place of business where a particular food or drink is served
//a snack bar
6 : something that blocks the way Police set up bars across the road.
7 : a submerged or partly submerged bank along a shore or in a river
8 : a court of law
9 : the profession of law
10 : a straight stripe, band, or line longer than it is wide
11 : a vertical line across a musical staff marking equal measures of time
12 : measure entry 1 sense 6

bar

verb
barred; barring

Kids Definition of bar (Entry 2 of 3)

1 : to fasten with a bar
//Bar the doors!
2 : to block off
//Our path was barred by a chain.
3 : to shut out
//barred from the meeting

bar

preposition

Kids Definition of bar (Entry 3 of 3)

: with the exception of
//She is the best reader in the class, bar none.

bar

noun, often attributive
\ ˈbär \

Medical Definition of bar

 (Entry 1 of 4)

1a : a piece of metal that connects parts of a removable partial denture
b : the part of the wall of a horse's hoof that is bent inward toward the frog at the heel on each side and that extends toward the center of the sole
2 : a straight stripe, band, or line much longer than it is wide: as
a : a transverse ridge on the roof of a horse's mouth —usually used in plural
b : the space in front of the molar teeth of a horse in which the bit is placed

bar

transitive verb
barred; barring

Medical Definition of bar (Entry 2 of 4)

: to cut free and ligate (a vein in a horse's leg) above and below the site of a projected operative procedure

bar

noun

Medical Definition of bar (Entry 3 of 4)

: a unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals or to one million dynes per square centimeter or to 0.9869 atmosphere

bar

abbreviation

Medical Definition of bar (Entry 4 of 4)

barometer; barometric

bar

noun, often attributive
\ ˈbär \

Legal Definition of bar

 (Entry 1 of 2)

1a : the railing in a courtroom that encloses the area around the judge where prisoners are stationed in criminal cases or where the business of the court is transacted in civil cases — compare bench sense 1, dock, jury box, stand
b : court, tribunal
//the younger judge brought a fresh viewpoint to the bar
2a : the whole body of lawyers especially : those qualified to practice in the courts of a particular jurisdiction
//admitted to the Arizona bar the bankruptcy bar — compare bench sense 3b
b : the profession or occupation of lawyer
c : bar examination
//passed the bar
3 : something that prevents admission, progress, or action: as
a : an intangible impediment, obstacle, or barrier
//consent of the victim is a bar to conviction
b : the permanent preclusion of a claim or action especially due to the loss of a previous suit based on the same cause of action and between the same parties
//its earlier successful suit against the purchaser for the price was a bar to the present suit — Martino v. McDonald's System, Inc., 598 F.2d 1079 (1979) — compare collateral estoppel at estoppel sense 2a, merger sense 4, res judicata sense 2
at bar
: before the court
//the case at bar
at the bar
: in the legal profession
//pressures faced by women at the bar— R. E. Hauser

bar

transitive verb
barred; barring

Legal Definition of bar (Entry 2 of 2)

1 : to keep out : exclude
//cannot bar the items from sale
2 : to prevent from doing or accomplishing (something)
//plaintiff's conduct may bar her recovery the contract bars his reinstatement
3 : preclude: as
a : to act as a bar to (as a claim or action)
//final judgment barred the subsequent claim
b : to prevent (a party) from bringing a claim or action
//plaintiffs are barred by the judgment…from relitigating their claims — Roach v. Teamsters Local Union No. 688, 595 F.2d 446 (1979) — see also estop — compare merge sense 2

Other Words from bar

barrable adjective