
Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)barroom, bar, saloon, ginmill, taprooma room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter“he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar” (n)bara counter where you can obtain food or drink“he bought a hot dog and a coke at the bar” (n)bara rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon“there were bars in the windows to prevent escape” (n)measure, barmusical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats“the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song” (n)baran obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal“it was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar” (n)prevention, barthe act of preventing“there was no bar against leaving”,
“money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza” (n)bar(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” (n)bara submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore“the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river” (n)stripe, streak, bara narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background“a green toad with small black stripes or bars”,
“may the Stars and Stripes forever wave” (n)cake, bara block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)“a bar of chocolate” (n)bara horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises (n)bara heating element in an electric fire“an electric fire with three bars” (n)bar(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” Verbs
(v)bar, debar, excludeprevent from entering; keep out“He was barred from membership in the club” (v)banish, relegate, barexpel, as if by official decree“he was banished from his own country” (v)barsecure with, or as if with, bars“He barred the door”