I. noun
1.
a solid piece of material usually rectangular and considerably longer than it is wide
a bar of gold
Synonyms: billet, ingot, rod, slab, stick, strip
2.
something that stands in the way of some objective
his religion was a bar to membership in that exclusive club
Synonyms: barricade, barrier, blank wall, block, blockade, fence, roadblock, stop, wall
Related Word: clog, encumbrance, hamper, hindrance, impediment; hurdle, obstacle, obstruction, stumbling block; check, checkrein, control, curb; bamboo curtain, iron curtain; difficulty, hardship, vicissitude
3.
Synonyms: obstacle , Chinese wall, hamper, hurdle, impediment, obstruction, rub, snag, stumbling block, traverse
Related Word: check, checkrein, control, curb
Contrasted words: accommodation, convenience, facility, service
Antonyms: advantage
4.
Synonyms: court 2, lawcourt, tribunal
5.
a room or public establishment where alcoholic beverages are served
nightly discussions in the bar
Synonyms: barroom, ||booser, || bucket shop, buvette, cantina, cocktail lounge, drinkery, drunkery, ||gin mill, ||groggery, ||grogshop, lounge, pothouse, pub, ||public house, ||rum-hole, rummery, ||rum-mill, rumshop, saloon, tap, taproom, tavern, watering hole, watering place; compare alehouse
Related Word: barrelhouse, bistro, bottle club, cabaret, café, dive, honky-tonk, nightclub, rathskeller, roadhouse, wineshop
II. verb
1.
Synonyms: limit 2, circumscribe, confine, delimit, delimitate, prelimit, restrict
2.
Synonyms: exclude , bate, count out, debar, eliminate, except, rule out, suspend
Related Word: block, hinder; leave out, omit, pass over; banish, deport, exile, ostracize
Contrasted words: accept, receive, welcome; allow, let, permit
Antonyms: admit, include
3.
Synonyms: hinder , block, brake, dam, impede, obstruct, overslaugh
Related Word: halt, stop
Contrasted words: back, support, uphold
III. preposition
Synonyms: except , aside from, barring, bating, but, excluding, exclusive of, outside of, save, saving