Definition of bar (v) in English English dictionary
- American dun-bar
- a species of moth found in parts North America
- Nanaimo bar
- A chilled dessert confection consisting of a chocolate crumb-based layer, covered by a layer of custard icing, and topped with a layer of smooth chocolate
- Rhodie bar
- A drinking establishment frequented by Rhodies, those self-identifying with the former country of Rhodesia, with accompanying implications of racism and reactionaryism
- X-bar
- A phrase, or, equivalently, a node in a syntax tree, which consists either of: (1) an adjunct and another X-bar phrase, (2) a head, X, and an optional complement, or (3) a conjunction sandwiched between two other X-bars. The X is a "pro-letter" which can be substituted by letters such as N for noun, V for verb, P for preposition, I for inflectional, etc
- X-bar theory
- A theory that attempts to identify syntactic features common to all human languages
- address bar
- A bar in a web browser that displays the address (uniform resource identifier) of the page or resource being displayed
This trick is quite practical; since almost everyone keeps the address bar visible, being able to search from it doesn't add any gunk to your browser window.
- anti-roll bar
- An anti-sway bar
- anti-roll bar
- A bar that is stressed to reduce roll (leaning to one side) in a car body during cornering
- anti-sway bar
- a connection between the left and right suspension systems of a road vehicle designed to stabilise it, and reduce roll or sway on corners
- bar
- A linear shoaling landform feature within a body of water
- bar
- A cuboid piece of any solid commodity
bar of soap.
- bar
- A collective term for lawyers; specifically barristers in some countries but including all lawyers in others
- bar
- A long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart
- bar
- A vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value
- bar
- A solid metal object with uniform (round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular) cross-section; in the US its smallest dimension is .25 inch or greater (US), a piece of thinner material being called a strip
Ancient Sparta used iron bars instead of handy coins in more valuable alloi, to physically disencourage the use of money.
- bar
- A similar device or simply a closet containing alcoholic beverages in a private house or a hotel room
- bar
- A unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals
- bar
- The railing surrounding the part of a courtroom in which the judges, lawyers, defendants and witnesses stay
- bar
- A business licensed to sell intoxicating beverages for consumption on the premises, or the premises themselves; public house
- bar
- One of the ordinaries in heraldry; a fess
- bar
- An official order or pronouncement that prohibits some activity
- bar
- An addition to a military medal, on account of a subsequent act
- bar
- One of those musical sections
- bar
- A metasyntactic variable representing an unspecified entity, often the second in a series, following foo
Suppose we have two objects, foo and bar.
- bar
- To prohibit
I couldn't get into the nightclub because I had been barred.
- bar
- Except, with the exception of
He invited everyone to his wedding bar his ex-wife.
- bar
- A solid, more or less rigid object with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length
- bar
- The counter of such a premises
Step up to the bar and order a drink.
- bar
- A horizontal pole that must be crossed in high jump and pole vault
- bar
- 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)
- bar
- The central divider between the inner and outer table of a backgammon board, where stones are placed if they are hit
- bar
- A generic unit of measure of signal strength for a wireless device such as a cell phone
There were no bars so I didn't get your text.
- bar
- The legal profession of lawyers; specifically barristers in some countries but including all lawyers in others
- bar
- To lock or bolt with a bar
bar the door.
- 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.
- bar
- To obstruct the passage of (someone or something)
- bar
- The crossbar
- bar association
- An organization of lawyers which regulates their ability to practice law in a jurisdiction, and/or serves the interests of lawyers in that jurisdiction
- bar exam
- Abbreviated form of bar examination, an examination which must be passed by persons who wish to practice law in the United States
- bar examination
- An examination which must be passed by persons who wish to practice law in the United States
- bar examinations
- plural form of bar examination
- bar exams
- plural form of bar exam
- bar flies
- plural form of bar fly
- bar iron
- Wrought iron molded into bars
- bar line
- A symbol in musical notation used to separate two measures, extended to connect the upper and lower staffs of a grand staff
- bar lines
- plural form of bar line
- bar magnet
- A magnet of rectangular shape
- bar magnets
- plural form of bar magnet
- bar mitzvah
- To initiate someone in a bar mitzvah ceremony
- bar mitzvah
- Someone who has come of age
- bar mitzvah
- A Jewish coming of age ceremony
- bar none
- Without exception; excluding nothing else of the same kind
Ireland, or something of that sort, which he described in his lengthy dissertation as the richest country bar none on the face of God's earth.
- bar off
- to barricade with bars
- bar review
- A course of study designed to prepare an individual to take a bar examination
- bar reviews
- plural form of bar review
- bar room
- A room where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
- bar rooms
- plural form of bar room
- bar star
- A female who frequents bars or lounges, usually late at night
- bar stars
- plural form of bar star
- bar stock
- The raw stock used in various machining operations. It comes in standard cross-sections and certain lengths, such as six and eight feet
- bar stool
- A stool that is used for sitting, often of taller height than a chair
- bar stools
- plural form of bar stool
- bar up
- to fit with bars (e.g. across a window or door)
- bar-crested antshrike
- A passerine bird of the antbird family
- bar-crested antshrikes
- plural form of bar-crested antshrike
- bar-resto
- A bar-cum-restaurant
has simple, attractive beach bungalows that mostly attract surfers and a bar-resto with satellite TV.
- bar-tailed godwit
- A wader, Limosa lapponica, a type of godwit, of the Scolopacidae family
- bar-tailed godwits
- plural form of bar-tailed godwit
- bar-winged rail
- An extinct bird, Nesoclopeus poecilopterus, that was endemic to Fiji
- bar-winged rails
- plural form of bar-winged rail
- bar/resto
- A bar-cum-restaurant
After a frenzy of anticipatory blogging, the bar/resto is finally ready, replete with house-infused spirits and a menu blurring sweet and salty.
- breakfast bar
- A counter in a domestic kitchen at which light meals may be eaten, often seated on stools
- breakfast bar
- A food, similar to a chocolate bar, made from cereal, fruit etc
- breakfast bar
- A buffet, in a hotel dining room, laid out with breakfast items
- bull bar
- A framework of metal bars at a vehicle's front to protect it during collisions with cattle, etc
- bull bar
- The same framework fitted as a fashion accessory
- bull-bar
- Attributive form of bull bar, noun
- burning bar
- A thermal lance
- butter bar
- (U.S. Navy, Coast Guard) An Ensign
- butter bar
- (U.S. Air Force, Army, Marines) A 2nd Lieutenant
- buttery bar
- The door to the buttery was often split horizontally, with a shelf (the buttery-bar) attached to the top of the bottom part, and the person who was tapping the butts in the buttery would put the full cups on the buttery-bar for the drinkers
Certain members will recall that the building originally consisted of two uses, including the primary hotel use and the public house (Buttery Bar), as a distinct separate unit to the west of the hotel’s main High Street entrance. Whilst many of the original external features have been retained nonetheless, the buttery bar has been long lost and the building has the air of neglect and the commencement of decay, with its heyday a distant past.
- called to the bar
- licensed to argue cases in a superior court
- candy bar
- A kind of candy in the shape of a bar, often made of chocolate
- cash bar
- A bar at a social event for which guests are required to pay for the drinks themselves. It is opposed to an open bar, where drinks are paid for by the host
The party included a reception, a dance, and a cash bar.
- chocolate bar
- A bar of chocolate
- chocolate bar
- Any candy bar, whether it contains chocolate or not
- coffee bar
- A section of an establishment (a restaurant, shop or other business) where coffee is served
- coffee bar
- A establishment that sells coffee (and possibly other non-alcoholic drinks), a cafe. Food may also be served
- color bar
- Alternative spelling of colour bar
- colour bar
- the segregation of people of different colour or race, especially any barrier to black people participating in activities with white people
- colour bar
- a pattern of varying tonal density that enables visual and numeric comparisons to be made across multiple printed sheets or pages
- dotted bar line
- A symbol in musical notation used to subdivide long measures into shorter segments for ease of reading
- dotted bar lines
- plural form of dotted bar line
- double bar line
- A symbol in musical notation used to separate two sections or phrases of music, and to start and end a musical piece
- double bar lines
- plural form of double bar line
- eight-bar blues
- A blues form built on an eight-measure chord pattern, most typically I, I, IV, I, V7, IV, I, V7, where I, IV and V7 represent the tonic, subdominant and dominant seventh chords respectively
- error bar
- A bar used on a graphs to indicate the range of one standard deviation in the result of an experimental measurement
- full bar
- Provisioned with standard liquors (vodka, gin, whisky, rum, tequila), together with mixers, but of a middle (inoffensive but inexpensive) grade. Contrasted with premium bar and super-premium bar, which carry higher grades of liquor
- full bar
- Serving liquor, not only beer and wine
- gas bar
- filling station
- gay bar
- A tavern or similar nightclub whose primary clientele is homosexuals
- ground bar
- A thick copper bar required in telecom room installations to provide a central ground-point for equipment
- h bar
- The character ħ
- high bar
- A horizontal bar
- hitching-bar
- A bar used to hitch a horse to a carriage
He led us to a hitching-bar where two farm-wagons were tied, and I saw the foreign family crowding into one of them.
- horizontal bar
- A horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics, upon which acts of swinging are performed
- horizontal bar
- The dash symbol (―) (used to introduce quoted text)
- horizontal bar
- A gymnastics event using the horizontal bar
- ice cream bar
- A frozen dessert on a stick or a candy bar that has ice cream in it. The coating is usually a thin layer of chocolate
- kangaroo bar
- Metal bars at a vehicle's front to protect it during collisions with kangaroos, cattle,
- kangaroo-bar
- Attributive form of kangaroo bar, noun
- menu bar
- A rectangular region of a graphical user interface where computer menus are housed
- milk bar
- A small shop and/or cafe, often part of a larger shop, that sells fast food and a range of dairy based beverages such as milkshakes and ice creams
- nail bar
- A beauty salon dedicated to nail care e.g. manicures and pedicures
- nail bar
- A crowbar
- nerf bar
- A tubular bumper running below the doors along the side of four-wheeled vehicle, in place of a running board
Those nerf bars look really cool.
- no host bar
- A bar at a social event for which guests are required to pay for the drinks themselves. It is opposed to a hosted bar where drinks are paid for by the host
- open bar
- A bar at which drinks are served without charge, usually at a social event
The party included a reception, a dance, and an open bar.
- oxygen bar
- A nightclub or similar venue in which patrons pay to inhale doses of gas containing concentrations of oxygen higher than in air
- point bar
- A ridge, formed from the accretion of sand or gravel, on the inside curve of a meander
- progress bar
- A bar that indicates the progression of a task by gradually filling its empty space with solid segments
- prop up the bar
- To spend time drinking alcohol at the bar in a pub
- raise the bar
- To raise standards or expectations, especially by creating something to a higher standard
Acme's new technology will raise the bar for the entire industry.
- roo bar
- metal bars at a vehicle's front to protect it during collisions with kangaroos, cattle, etc
- roo-bar
- Attributive form of roo bar, noun
- salad bar
- A kind of buffet for salad, and cold food
- scroll bar
- a graphical widget in the form of a horizontal or vertical bar, on the edges of a personal computer screen, that is used to move scrollable text or images
- singles bar
- A bar or similar establishment for unattached people to meet
- slant bar
- a forward slash or virgule
- snack bar
- a counter in some other establishment having the same function
- snack bar
- a small restaurant serving light meals
- space bar
- A key, in the shape of a bar, near the bottom of a keyboard, that generates a space character when pressed
- splinter bar
- The bar to which the traces are attached; a roller bolt; a whiffletree
- splinter bar
- A crossbar in a coach, which supports the springs
- status bar
- An information area typically found at the bottom of windows in a graphical user interface
- stir bar
- laboratory equipment. A short magnetic bar with a covering of, usually, teflon. Used with a magnetic stirrer to stir a chemical solution
- strip bar
- An establishment with strippers (especially females)
- sushi bar
- An eatery that sells sushi
- sway bar
- An anti-sway bar
- toll-bar
- a gate or other barrier placed across a road where a toll is taken
- tommy bar
- Short bar put through the shaft of a socket spanner or box spanner to provide extra leverage
- tool-bar
- a frame fitted to a tractor to which interchangeable implements are mounted
- tow bar
- A bar, or ball, usually at the rear of a vehicle, where a trailer, or caravan or other similar item can be attached and towed
- twelve-bar blues
- A blues form built on a twelve-measure chord pattern, most typically I,I,I,I,IV,IV,I,I,V7,IV,I,V7, where I, IV and V7 represent the tonic, subdominant and dominant seventh chords respectively
- vertical bar
- norms (e.g. ||(x_1,x_2)||)
- vertical bar
- conditional probability (e.g. P(X|Y))
- vertical bar
- in regular expressions, it indicates an alternation
- vertical bar
- in Unix, it is used as a pipe
- vertical bar
- represents an absolute value (e.g. |x|)
- vertical bar
- divisibility (e.g. a | b)
- vertical bar
- The ASCII character at the decimal position of 124, depicted as | or ¦
- vertical bar
- set definitions (e.g. \{x|x)
- wine bar
- A drinking establishment where only wine is served
- bar exam
- an examination conducted at regular intervals to determine whether a candidate is qualified to practice law in a given jurisdiction; "applicants may qualify to take the New York bar examination by graduating from an approved law school"; "he passed the bar exam on his third try"
- bar exam
- {i} (Law) bar examination, written examination for law school graduates to decide if the graduate is qualified to practice law in a specific jurisdiction
- scroll bar
- The rectangular area on the right side of the window that allows you to move up or down in the open document You move by clicking and dragging it or clicking on the arrow at the bottom of the bar
- bar
- {v} to fasten, secure, hinder, shut out, stop
- bar
- {n} a bolt, stop, cross beam for security, inclosure in an inn or court room, division in music, bank of sand in a river, body of lawyers, an exception in pleading
- Bar-B-Que
- Barbecue or barbeque (abbreviated BBQ or Bar-B-Que or diminuted, chiefly in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom to barbie, and braai in South Africa) is a method and apparatus for cooking food, often meat, with the heat and hot gases of a fire, smoking wood, or hot coals of charcoal and may include application of a marinade or basting sauce to the meat. The term as a noun can refer to foods cooked by this method, to the cooker itself, or to a party that includes such food. The term is also used as a verb for the act of cooking food in this manner. Barbecue is usually cooked in an outdoor environment heated by the smoke of wood or charcoal, or with propane and similar gases. Restaurant barbecue may be cooked in large brick or metal ovens specially designed for that purpose
- raise the bar
- (deyim) Make a task a little more difficult. (As with raising the bar in high jumping or pole vaulting.)
- raise the bar
- (deyim) Change the criterion (goal) of a process or competition while still in progress, in such a way that the new goal offers one side an intentional advantage or disadvantage