bar
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bar (plural bars)
- A solid, more or less rigid object with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
- (metallurgy) a bar (a solid object with uniform cross-section) of round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular cross-section whose smallest dimension is .25 in. or greater (US), a piece of thinner material being called a strip.
- A cuboid piece of any commodity.
- bar of chocolate
- bar of soap
- iron bar
- A long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart.
- A business licensed to sell intoxicating beverages for consumption on the premises, or the premises themselves; public house.
- The counter of such a premises
- A similar device or simply a closet containing alcoholic beverages in a private house or a hotel room.
- An official order or pronouncement that prohibits some activity.
- (computing, whimsical, derived from fubar) Used to stand for some unspecified entity, usually a second entity following foo.
- Suppose we have two objects, foo and bar
- (legal: the Bar) Short for the Bar Exam, the legal licensing exam.
- He"s studying hard to pass the Bar this time; he"s failed it twice before.
- (British: the Bar) A collective term for barristers.
- (British: the Bar) (loosely) The profession of barristers.
- (music) A vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value.
- (music) One of these musical sections.
- (soccer) The crossbar
- An addition to a miltary medal caused by a subsequent act
- A linear shoaling landform feature within a body of water.
- (nautical) A ridge or succession of ridges of sand or other substance, especially a formation extending across the mouth of a river or harbor or off a beach, and which may obstruct navigation. (FM 55-501).
- (heraldry) An honourable ordinary, occupying one-fifth of the shield.
Synonyms:
- (business licensed to sell intoxicating beverages): pub (British), public house, tavern
- (official order prohibiting some activity): ban, prohibition
- (section of a staff, in music): measure
3 letters in word "bar": A B R.
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