Synonym: ban, block, counter, exclude, forbid, obstruct, pole, prohibit, rod, saloon, shut out, stick, tavern. Similar words: bare, barn, barely, barrel, barrier, snack bar, embarrassed. Meaning: [bɑː] 
n. 1. a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter 2. a counter where you can obtain food or drink 3. a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon 4. musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats 5. an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal 6. the act of preventing 7. (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter 8. a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore 9. the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction 10. a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax) 11. 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 12. a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises 13. a heating element in an electric fire 14. (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried. v. 1. prevent from entering; keep out 2. render unsuitable for passage 3. expel, as if by official decree 4. secure with, or as if with, bars.
n. 1. a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter 2. a counter where you can obtain food or drink 3. a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon 4. musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats 5. an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal 6. the act of preventing 7. (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter 8. a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore 9. the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction 10. a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax) 11. 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 12. a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises 13. a heating element in an electric fire 14. (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried. v. 1. prevent from entering; keep out 2. render unsuitable for passage 3. expel, as if by official decree 4. secure with, or as if with, bars. 
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31) He seized on a bar and went up to them.
32) He was perched on a bar stool, ordering a beer.
33) I found David in the bar of the Red Lion .
34) Downstairs there's a breakfast room and guests can relax in the cosy bar.
35) A number of football fans had been ejected from the bar for causing trouble.
36) The supermarket is giving away a bar of chocolate to everyone who comes today.
37) We went for a sandwich lunch at the local bar.
38) A group of half a dozen men entered the pub and bore down on the bar.
39) Would you come into the bar and have a drink with me?
40) He jumped off the bus and made a dash for the nearest bar.
41) After the play had finished,[Sentencedict] we lingered for a while in the bar hoping to catch sight of the actors.
42) A broad shouldered man wearing a dinner jacket swaggered confidently up to the bar.
43) The hotel is set on three floors. There's a bar and cafe at ground level.
44) There was a little portable television switched on behind the bar.
45) He often drops into a bar on the way home from work.
46) Tim sidled up/over to the girl sitting at the bar and asked if he could buy her a drink.
47) He's sulking in a corner somewhere because I wouldn't let him have a second bar of chocolate.
48) Soldiers got in a fight and busted up the bar.
49) Be sure to bar all the doors before you leave.
50) The bar has become notorious as a meeting-place for drug dealers.
51) There were a couple of fellas leaning up by the bar.
52) You should bar the door before retiring for the night.
53) I could hardly hear myself speak above all the hubbub in the theatre bar.
54) When the interval came everyone made for the bar.
55) He smashed the window with an iron bar.
56) She was beaten with a metal bar.
57) There's a good-looking mama sitting at the bar.
58) The sandwich bar is generally packed at lunchtimes.
59) He wandered into a bar and ordered a drink.
60) Your grip on the bar is too slack.