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.
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211) That bar on Milton Street, which by the way is very nice, is owned by Trevor's brother.
212) I took my shoes to a heel bar to have them repaired.
213) When Angie was written out of 'Eastenders' her character went to Spain to open a bar.
214) Lunch at Harry's Bar was in full flow when Irene made a splendid entrance.
215) I decided to show the results in a bar graph.
216) The autopsy revealed that his murderer had struck him on the head with an iron bar.
217) We don't want any Tom, Dick, or Harry using the club bar.
218) Wearing scarves and hats which proclaimed their allegiance, the football fans flooded into the bar.
219) He sponged some money from his friend and went to the bar.
220) That's the bar where Sara and I used to while away the hours between lectures.
221) The bar was redolent with the smell of stale cigarette smoke.
222) He didn't like the look of the seedy characters who were hanging around outside the bar.
223) There weren't any free tables, so I sat at the bar.
224) After a delicious meal with free wine, the choice is yours:a quiet drink in the bar, the late night disco or a stroll along the beach beneath a starry sky.
225) Poor health may be a bar to success in life.
226) If you're only eating a chocolate bar for lunch, you need a good square meal in the evening.sentencedict.com
227) He'd been in the bar all night and was thoroughly intoxicated.
228) The aim of the service was to offer everything the independent investor wanted, bar advice.
229) Youths had broken into the bar and smashed the place up.
230) She was in the back of a smoky bar singing the blues.
231) He took his guest by the elbow and steered him in the direction of the bar.
232) He was staggering and had to lean on the bar.
233) She sees the bar as a starting point and eventually plans to run her own chain of country inns.
234) He gave the women at the bar a drunken leer.
235) O'Brien sat on a bar stool and leaned his elbows on the counter.