- a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter;
"he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar"
- a counter where you can obtain food or drink;
"he bought a hot dog and a coke at the bar"
- a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon;
"there were bars in the windows to prevent escape"
- musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats;
"the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song"
- an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal;
"it was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar"
- the act of preventing;
"there was no bar against leaving" "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza"
- (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"
- a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore;
"the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river"
- 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" "may the Stars and Stripes forever wave"
- a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax);
"a bar of chocolate"
- 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
- a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises
- a heating element in an electric fire;
"an electric fire with three bars"
- (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"
