bar
A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
Noun 4 meanings
A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
“The window was protected by steel bars.”
A solid metal object with uniform (round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular) cross-section; in the US its smallest dimension is ¹⁄₄ inch or greater, a piece of thinner material being called a strip.
“Ancient Sparta used iron bars instead of handy coins in more valuable alloy, to physically discourage the use of money.”
A cuboid piece of any solid commodity.
“bar of chocolate”
A broad shaft, band, or stripe.
“a bar of light”
Verb 4 meanings
To obstruct the passage of (someone or something).
“Our way was barred by a huge rockfall.”
To prohibit.
“I couldn't get into the nightclub because I had been barred.”
To lock or bolt with a bar.
“to bar the door”
To imprint or paint with bars, to stripe.
Preposition 1 meaning
Except, other than, besides.
“He invited everyone to his wedding bar his ex-wife.”
Adverb 1 meaning
Denotes the minimum odds offered on other horses not mentioned by name.
“Leg At Each Corner is at 3/1, Lost My Shirt 5/1, and it's 10/1 bar.”
Etymology
From Middle English barre, from Old French barre (“beam, bar, gate, barrier”), from Vulgar Latin *barra, of uncertain origin. Doublet of barre.
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BAR at a glance
BAR has 3 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (B 3 + A 1 + R 1) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,174 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with bar
All rhymes- LUMBAR10
- SIDEBAR10
- CROSSBAR12
- TOOLBAR9
- CROWBAR14
- REBAR7
- HANDLEBAR15
- MINIBAR11
- TASKBAR13
- FUBAR10
- SANDBAR10
- CINNABAR12
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