bar

1. a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter; "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar"

synset: barroom, bar, saloon, ginmill, taproom

2. a counter where you can obtain food or drink; "he bought a hot dog and a coke at the bar"

3. 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"

4. musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats; "the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song"

synset: measure, bar

5. an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal; "it was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar"

6. the act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza"

synset: prevention, bar

7. (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"

8. a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore; "the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river"

9. the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction; "he was admitted to the bar in New Jersey"

synset: legal_profession, bar, legal_community

10. 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"

synset: stripe, streak, bar

11. a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax); "a bar of chocolate"

synset: cake, bar

12. 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

synset: Browning_automatic_rifle, BAR

13. a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises

14. a heating element in an electric fire; "an electric fire with three bars"

15. (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"

1. prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from membership in the club"

synset: bar, debar, exclude

2. render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road"

synset: barricade, block, blockade, stop, block_off, block_up, bar

3. expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country"

synset: banish, relegate, bar

4. secure with, or as if with, bars; "He barred the door"

Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

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