bar

What is the Definition of bar?

Noun:

1. a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
2. a counter where you can obtain food or drink
3. a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon
4. musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats
5. an obstruction (usually metal)
6. the act of preventing
7. (meteorology)
8. a submerged (or partly submerged)
9. the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction
10. a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background
11. a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
12. 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
13. a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises
14. a heating element in an electric fire

Verb:

1. prevent from entering; keep out
2. render unsuitable for passage
3. expel, as if by official decree
4. secure with, or as if with, bars

Other meanings of bar (synonyms, cognates).