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bar
English
- 🔊 a rigid piece of metal or wood“there were bars in the windows to prevent escape”
- 🔊 an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal“it was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar”
- 🔊 a counter where you can obtain food or drink“he bought a hot dog and a coke at the bar”
- 🔊 (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”
- 🔊 a heating element in an electric fire“an electric fire with three bars”
- 🔊 a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises
- 🔊 a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore“the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river”
- 🔊 (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”
- 🔊 the act of preventing“there was no bar against leaving”
- 🔊 a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter“he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar”
- 🔊 a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine
- 🔊 a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)“a bar of chocolate”
- 🔊 musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats“the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song”
- 🔊 the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction“he was admitted to the bar in New Jersey”
- 🔊 a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background“a green toad with small black stripes or bars”
- 🔊 prevent from entering“He was barred from membership in the club”
- 🔊 secure with, or as if with, bars“He barred the door”
- 🔊 expel, as if by official decree“he was banished from his own country”
- 🔊 render unsuitable for passage“block the way”
Spanish
- 🔊 burel bar
- 🔊 ceñidor bar
- 🔊 compás bar
- 🔊 abarrotar to bar
- 🔊 bar de copas bar, wine bar
- 🔊 listón bar, crossbar
- 🔊 barrote bar, beam, crossbeam
- 🔊 listón bar, standard (level to overcome)
- 🔊 bar bar, coffee shop, café, pub (an establishment where refreshments and alcohol drinks are served)
- 🔊 barra bar, rod (a solid, more or less rigid object of metal or other material with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length)