ˈbænɪʃ

ˌbæɹɪˈkeɪd blɑˈkeɪd blɒˈkeɪd keɪk dɪˈbɑː(ɹ) ɪksˈkluːd ˈmɛʒə ˈmɛʒɚ pɹɪˈvɛnʃən ˈɹɛlɪɡeɪt səˈlun stɹiːk st(ʃ)ɹaɪp st(ʃ)ɹʌɪp prevent from entering; keep out He was barred from membership in the club the act of preventing there was no bar against leaving money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza secure with, or as if with, bars He barred the door render unsuitable for passage block the way barricade the streets stop the busy road expel, as if by official decree he was banished from his own country 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 an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal it was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar a counter where you can obtain food or drink he bought a hot dog and a coke at the 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 a heating element in an electric fire an electric fire with three bars a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax) a bar of chocolate a 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 musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction he was admitted to the bar in New Jersey a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river (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