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. 151) Perhaps while you wait you would like a drink at the bar.
152) It's a very friendly bar with a nice relaxed atmosphere.
153) Joey would walk into the bar and hold court all night.
154) The bar had a bad name and was avoided by all the locals.
155) We stopped at a small bar to quench our thirst.
156) Will you join me shortly for a drink in the bar?
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157) There were one or two strange-looking characters hanging around the bar.
158) They went to Murphy's Bar and Grill on 45 th Street in New York.
159) There should be a menu bar at the bottom of your screen.
160) Carter was dubiously convicted of shooting three white men in a bar.
161) The bar fell into the machinery and sheared a connecting - rod.
162) We don't want any Tom, Dick and Harry using the club bar.
163) They're plugging this new chocolate bar everywhere at the moment.
164) Oliver sat at the bar, nursing a bottle of beer.
165) The public bar was already doing a brisk trade .
166) Now that most of the election results have been declared, it's all over bar the shouting.
167) The whole class is here bar two that are ill.
168) Bar a plateau in 1989, there has been a rise in inflation ever since the mid-1980's.
169) Everyone is leaving the village, bar the very old and ill.
170) He groped me as I was going to the bar.
171) The bar was so crowded you could hardly move .
172) He had to throw out a few drunks who were causing trouble in the bar.
173) The bar is frequented by wannabe actresses and film directors.
174) If someone opened a burger bar, they'd really rake it in .
175) It's the best result we've ever had, bar none .
176) Only with a long iron bar did we prize the top off the box.
177) A group of raucous students spilled out of the bar.
178) Jeff just waltzed up to the bar and helped himself to a drink.
179) As a general rule, we don't allow children in the bar.
180) We met in a local bar much frequented by students.