BAR


Meaning of BAR in English

n. 25B6; noun

an iron bar : ROD, pole, stick, batten, shaft, rail, paling, spar, strut, crosspiece, beam.

a bar of chocolate : BLOCK, slab, cake, tablet, brick, loaf, wedge, ingot.

your drinks are on the bar : COUNTER, table, buffet, stand.

she had a drink in a bar : HOSTELRY, tavern, inn, taproom; Brit. pub, public house; informal watering hole; Brit. informal local, boozer; dated alehouse; N. Amer. historical saloon.

a bar to promotion : OBSTACLE, impediment, hindrance, obstruction, block, hurdle, barrier, stumbling block.

(Brit.) members of the Bar : BARRISTERS, advocates, counsel.

the bar across the river mouth : SANDBANK, shoal, shallow, reef.

aid.

25B6; verb

they have barred the door : BOLT, lock, fasten, secure, block, barricade, obstruct.

I was barred from entering : PROHIBIT, debar, preclude, forbid, ban, interdict, inhibit; exclude, keep out; obstruct, hinder, block; Law enjoin.

open, admit.

25B6; preposition everyone bar me. : See except preposition .

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