bar - noun

a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter

a counter where you can obtain food or drink

a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon

musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats

an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal

the act of preventing

(meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter

a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore

the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction

a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background

a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)

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

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

a heating element in an electric fire

(law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried

bar - verb

• prevent from entering; keep out
• render unsuitable for passage
• expel, as if by official decree
• secure with, or as if with, bars

bar - thesaurus

banish   barricade   barroom   block   blockade   cake   debar   exclude   ginmill   measure   prevention   relegate   saloon   stop   streak   stripe   taproom