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Sounds | baa'r |
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Rhymes | Adar, afar, ajar, and 72 more rhymes in aar at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter. |
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Examples | "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar" |
Synonyms | barroom, saloon, ginmill, taproom |
Part of | public house, pub, saloon, pothouse, gin mill, taphouse |
Narrower | barrelhouse, honky-tonk; cocktail lounge; sawdust saloon; speakeasy |
Broader | room |
Meaning | A counter where you can obtain food or drink. |
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Examples | "he bought a hot dog and a coke at the bar" |
Narrower | cash bar; oyster bar; salad bar; snack bar, snack counter, buffet; soda fountain; sushi bar; wet bar; wine bar |
Broader | counter |
Meaning | A rigid piece of metal or wood. Usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon. |
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Examples | "there were bars in the windows to prevent escape" |
Narrower | belaying pin; bolt, deadbolt; bolt; carpenter's level; chinning bar; core; crossbar; drawbar; fret; grab bar; handlebar; handspike; heaver; lever; rail; rotor; shackle; slice bar; stabilizer bar, anti-sway bar; towel rail, towel bar; track, rail, rails |
Broader | implement |
Verbs | bar |
Meaning | Musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats. |
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Examples | "the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song" |
Synonyms | measure |
Broader | musical notation |
Meaning | An obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal. |
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Examples | "it was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar" |
Part of | goal |
Broader | obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimenta |
Verbs | bar; bar |
Meaning | The act of preventing. |
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Examples | "there was no bar against leaving" |
Synonyms | prevention |
Narrower | averting; debarment; disqualification; interception; nonproliferation, non-proliferation; obviation, forestalling, preclusion; prophylaxis; save; suppression, crushing, quelling, stifling |
Broader | hindrance, interference |
Verbs | bar |
Meaning | (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter. |
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Examples | "unfortunately some writers have used bar for one dyne per square centimeter" |
Category | meteorology |
Parts | millibar; barye, bar absolute, microbar |
Broader | pressure unit |
Meaning | A submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore. |
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Examples | "the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river" |
Narrower | sandbar, sand bar |
Broader | barrier; ridge |
Meaning | The body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction. |
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Examples | "he was admitted to the bar in New Jersey" |
Synonyms | legal profession, legal community |
Category | law, jurisprudence |
Broader | profession, community |
Meaning | A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax). |
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Examples | "a bar of chocolate" |
Synonyms | cake |
Narrower | tablet |
Broader | block |
Meaning | A portable .30 caliber magazine-fed automatic rifle operated by gas pressure. Used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War. |
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Synonyms | Browning automatic rifle |
Broader | automatic rifle, automatic, machine rifle |
Meaning | A horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises. |
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Part of | horizontal bar, high bar; parallel bars, bars |
Broader | support |
Meaning | A heating element in an electric fire. |
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Examples | "an electric fire with three bars" |
Region | United Kingdom, UK, Great Britain, GB, Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Broader | heating element |
Meaning | (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried. |
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Examples | "spectators were not allowed past the bar" |
Category | law, jurisprudence |
Part of | court, courtroom |
Broader | railing, rail |
Meaning | Prevent from entering. Keep out. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP |
Examples | "He was barred from membership in the club" |
Synonyms | debar, exclude |
Broader | forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow |
Nouns | bar |
Meaning | Render unsuitable for passage. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "barricade the streets" |
Synonyms | barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up |
Narrower | shut off, block off, close off; close |
Broader | obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up |
Similar to | obstruct, block |
Nouns | bar |
Meaning | Expel, as if by official decree. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP |
Synonyms | banish, relegate |
Narrower | spike |
Broader | expel, throw out, kick out |
Meaning | Secure with, or as if with, bars. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "He barred the door" |
Broader | fasten, fix, secure |
Contrary | unbar |
Nouns | bar; bar |