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Definition of Bar

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

2. Verb. Prevent from entering; keep out. "He was barred from membership in the club"

3. Noun. A counter where you can obtain food or drink. "He bought a hot dog and a coke at the bar"

4. Verb. Render unsuitable for passage. "Stop the busy road"

5. Noun. 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"

6. Verb. Expel, as if by official decree. "He was banished from his own country"

7. Noun. Musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats. "The orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song"

8. Verb. Secure with, or as if with, bars. "He barred the door"

9. Noun. An obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal. "It was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar"

10. Noun. The act of preventing. "Money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza"

11. Noun. (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"

12. Noun. A submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore. "The boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river"

13. Noun. The body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction. "He was admitted to the bar in New Jersey"

14. Noun. A narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background. "May the Stars and Stripes forever wave"

15. Noun. A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax). "A bar of chocolate"

16. Noun. 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.

17. Noun. A horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises.

18. Noun. A heating element in an electric fire. "An electric fire with three bars"

19. Noun. (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"

Definition of Bar

1. n. A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especially for a hindrance, obstruction, or fastening; as, the bars of a fence or gate; the bar of a door.

2. v. t. To fasten with a bar; as, to bar a door or gate.

Definition of Bar

1. to exclude [v BARRED, BARRING, BARS] - See also: exclude

Medical Definition of Bar

1. 1. A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especially for a hindrance, obstruction, or fastening; as, the bars of a fence or gate; the bar of a door. "Thou shalt make bars of shittim wood." (Ex. Xxvi. 26) 2. An indefinite quantity of some substance, so shaped as to be long in proportion to its breadth and thickness; as, a bar of gold or of lead; a bar of soap. 3. Anything which obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier. "Must I new bars to my own joy create?" (Dryden) 4. A bank of sand, gravel, or other matter, especially. at the mouth of a river or harbor, obstructing navigation. 5. Any railing that divides a room, or office, or hall of assembly, in order to reserve a space for those having special privileges; as, the bar of the House of Commons. 6. The railing that incloses the place which counsel occupy in courts of justice. Hence, the phrase at the bar of the court signifies in open court. The place in court where prisoners are stationed for arraignment, trial, or sentence. The whole body of lawyers licensed in a court or district; the legal profession. A special plea constituting a sufficient answer to plaintiff's action. 7. Any tribunal; as, the bar of public opinion; the bar of God. 8. A barrier or counter, over which liquors and food are passed to customers; hence, the portion of the room behind the counter where liquors for sale are kept. 9. An ordinary, like a fess but narrower, occupying only one fifth part of the field. 10. A broad shaft, or band, or stripe; as, a bar of light; a bar of colour. 11. A vertical line across the staff. Bars divide the staff into spaces which represent measures, and are themselves called measures. A double bar marks the end of a strain or main division of a movement, or of a whole piece of music; in psalmody, it marks the end of a line of poetry. The term bar is very often loosely used for measure, i.e, for such length of music, or of silence, as is included between one bar and the next; as, a passage of eight bars; two bars' rest. 12. The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed. 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 center of the sole. 13. A drilling or tamping rod. A vein or dike crossing a lode. 14. A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town. A slender strip of wood which divides and supports the glass of a window; a sash bar. Bar shoe, a trial before all the judges of one the superior courts of Westminster, or before a quorum representing the full court. Origin: OE. Barre, F. Barre, fr. LL. Barra, W. Bar the branch of a tree, bar, baren branch, Gael. & Ir. Barra bar. 91. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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