bar


Meanings

  • 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"
  • (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"
  • 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"
  • prevent from entering; keep out;
    • "He was barred from membership in the club"
  • render unsuitable for passage;
    • "barricade the streets"
  • expel, as if by official decree;
  • secure with, or as if with, bars;
    • "He barred the door"
  • BAR v BARRED, BARRING, BARS to exclude


Scrabble Score: 5

bar is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

bar is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

bar is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 6

bar is a valid Words With Friends word