| NOUN | artifact | bar, barroom, saloon, ginmill, taproom | a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter |
|---|---|---|---|
| artifact | bar | a counter where you can obtain food or drink | |
| artifact | bar | a rigid piece of metal or wood | |
| communication | bar, measure | musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats | |
| artifact | bar | an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal | |
| act | bar, prevention | the act of preventing / preventing | |
| quantity | bar | (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter | |
| object | bar | a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore | |
| group | bar, legal profession, legal community | the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction | |
| attribute | bar, stripe, streak | a narrow marking of a different color or texture / texture from the background | |
| artifact | bar, cake | a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax) | |
| artifact | BAR, Browning automatic rifle | a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine | |
| artifact | bar | a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises | |
| artifact | bar | a heating element in an electric fire | |
| artifact | bar | (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried | |
| VERB | communication | bar, debar, exclude | prevent from entering |
| contact | bar, barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up | render unsuitable for passage | |
| social | bar, banish, relegate | expel, as if by official decree | |
| contact | bar | secure with, or as if with, bars |
| Sounds | baa'r | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Adar ... Zanzibar: 81 rhymes with aar... | |
| Meaning | A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar" | |
| Synonyms | barroom, saloon, ginmill, taproom | |
| Part of | public house, pub, saloon, pothouse, gin mill, taphouse | tavern consisting of a building with a bar / bar and public rooms |
| Narrower | barrelhouse, honky-tonk | A cheap drinking and dancing establishment |
| cocktail lounge | A barroom in a hotel or restaurant where cocktails are served | |
| sawdust saloon | A saloon whose floor is covered with sawdust | |
| speakeasy | (during prohibition) an illegal barroom | |
| Broader | room | An area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling |
| Spanish | bar, ginmill, taberna, tasca | |
| Catalan | bar, ginmill | |
| Meaning | A counter where you can obtain food or drink. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he bought a hot dog and a coke at the bar" | |
| Narrower | cash bar | A counter at a large party where you can purchase drinks by the glass |
| oyster bar | A bar (as in a restaurant) that specializes in oysters prepared in different ways | |
| salad bar | A bar where diners can assemble a salad to their own taste | |
| snack bar, snack counter, buffet | usually inexpensive bar | |
| soda fountain | A counter where ice cream and sodas and sundaes are prepared and served | |
| sushi bar | A bar where sushi is served | |
| wet bar | A bar for mixing drinks that has a sink with running water | |
| wine bar | A bar that serves only wine | |
| Broader | counter | Table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted |
| Spanish | bar, barra | |
| Catalan | bar, barra | |
| Meaning | A rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "there were bars in the windows to prevent escape" | |
| Narrower | belaying pin | A wood or metal bar to which a rope can be secured (as on a ship or in mountain climbing) |
| bolt, deadbolt | The part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key | |
| bolt | A sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech | |
| carpenter's level | A straight bar of light metal with a spirit level in it | |
| chinning bar | A horizontal bar on which you can chin yourself | |
| core | A bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil | |
| crossbar | A horizontal bar that goes across something | |
| drawbar | A strong metal bar bearing a hook to attach something to be pulled | |
| fret | A small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument | |
| grab bar | A bar attached parallel to a wall to provide a handgrip for steadying yourself | |
| handlebar | The shaped bar used to steer a bicycle | |
| handspike | A metal bar (or length of pipe) used as a lever | |
| heaver | A bar used as a lever (as in twisting rope) | |
| lever | A rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum | |
| rail | A horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal) | |
| rotor | The revolving bar of a distributor | |
| shackle | A U-shaped bar | |
| slice bar | iron bar used to loosen and rake clinkers out of furnaces | |
| stabilizer bar, anti-sway bar | A rigid metal bar between the front suspensions and between the rear suspensions of cars and trucks | |
| towel rail, towel bar | A horizontal bar a few inches from a wall for holding towels | |
| track, rail, rails, runway | A bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll | |
| Broader | implement | instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end |
| Spanish | barra | |
| Catalan | barra | |
| Verbs | bar | secure with, or as if with, bars |
| Meaning | musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song" | |
| Synonym | measure | |
| Broader | musical notation | (music) notation used by musicians / musicians |
| Spanish | bar, compás | |
| Meaning | An obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "it was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar" | |
| Part of | goal | game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game / game / game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points |
| Broader | obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimenta | Any structure that makes progress difficult |
| Verbs | bar | render unsuitable for passage |
| bar | secure with, or as if with, bars | |
| Meaning | The act of preventing / preventing. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "there was no bar against leaving" | |
| Synonym | prevention | |
| Narrower | averting | The act of preventing something from occurring |
| debarment | The act of prevention by legal means | |
| disqualification | The act of preventing someone from participating by finding them unqualified | |
| interception | The act of intercepting | |
| nonproliferation, non-proliferation | The prevention of something increasing or spreading (especially the prevention of an increase / increase in the number of countries possessing nuclear weapons) | |
| obviation, forestalling, preclusion | The act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively | |
| prophylaxis | The prevention of disease | |
| save | (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring | |
| suppression, crushing, quelling, stifling | forceful prevention | |
| Broader | hindrance, hinderance, interference | The act of hindering or obstructing or impeding |
| Spanish | prevención | |
| Catalan | prevenció | |
| Verbs | bar | prevent from entering |
| Meaning | (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "unfortunately some writers have used bar for one dyne per square centimeter" | |
| Category | meteorology | The earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather) |
| Parts | barye, bar absolute, microbar | The absolute unit of pressure equal to one dyne per square centimeter |
| millibar | A unit of atmospheric pressure equal to one thousandth of a bar | |
| Broader | pressure unit | A unit measuring force per unit area |
| Spanish | bar | |
| Catalan | bar | |
| Meaning | A submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river" | |
| Narrower | sandbar, sand bar | A bar of sand |
| Broader | barrier | Anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access |
| ridge | A long narrow natural elevation or striation | |
| Spanish | bajío, bajo, banco, barra | |
| Meaning | The body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he was admitted to the bar in New Jersey" | |
| Synonyms | legal profession, legal community | |
| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
| Broader | profession | The body of people in a learned occupation |
| Spanish | abogacía | |
| Catalan | advocacia, jurista | |
| Meaning | A narrow marking of a different color or texture / texture from the background. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a green toad with small black stripes or bars" | |
| Synonyms | stripe, streak | |
| Narrower | band, banding, stria, striation | A stripe or stripes of contrasting color |
| Broader | marking | A pattern of marks |
| Spanish | raya, trazo | |
| Catalan | ratlla | |
| Meaning | A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax). | |
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| Example | "a bar of chocolate" | |
| Synonym | cake | |
| Narrower | tablet | A small flat compressed cake of some substance |
| Broader | block | A solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides) |
| Spanish | pastilla | |
| Catalan | pastilla | |
| Meaning | 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | Browning automatic rifle | |
| Broader | automatic rifle, automatic, machine rifle | light machine gun |
| Meaning | A horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises. | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of | horizontal bar, high bar | gymnastic apparatus consisting of a bar supported in a horizontal position by uprights at both ends |
| parallel bars, bars | gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden rods supported on uprights | |
| Broader | support | Any device that bears the weight of another thing |
| Meaning | A heating element in an electric fire. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "an electric fire with three bars" | |
| Region | United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain | A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles |
| Broader | heating element | The component of a heater or range that transforms fuel or electricity into heat |
| Spanish | barra | |
| Meaning | (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "spectators were not allowed past the bar" | |
| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
| Part of | court, courtroom | A room in which a lawcourt sits |
| Broader | railing, rail | A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports |
| Meaning | prevent from entering; keep out. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "He was barred from membership in the club" | |
| Synonyms | debar, exclude | |
| Broader | forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix | command against |
| Spanish | excluir | |
| Catalan | excloure | |
| Nouns | bar | the act of preventing / preventing |
| Meaning | Render unsuitable for passage. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "barricade the streets" | |
| Synonyms | barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up | |
| Narrower | close | bar access to |
| shut off, block off, close off | block off the passage through | |
| Broader | obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up | Block passage through |
| Similar to | obstruct, block | shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight |
| Spanish | bloquear, obstruir | |
| Catalan | blocar, bloquejar, obstruir | |
| Nouns | bar | an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal |
| Meaning | Expel, as if by official decree. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
| Synonyms | banish, relegate | |
| Narrower | spike | stand in the way of |
| Broader | expel, throw out, kick out | Force to leave or move out |
| Spanish | desterrar, exiliar | |
| Catalan | bandejar, desterrar, exiliar | |
| Meaning | Secure with, or as if with, bars. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "He barred the door" | |
| Broader | fasten, fix, secure | Cause to be firmly attached |
| Opposite | unbar | Remove a bar from (a door) |
| Spanish | atrancar | |
| Nouns | bar | a rigid piece of metal or wood |
| bar | an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal | |
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