Main entry: prevention, bar
Definition: the act of preventing
Usage: there was no bar against leaving; money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza
Main entry: bar
Definition: a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon
Usage: there were bars in the windows to prevent escape
Main entry: bar
Definition: an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal
Usage: it was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar
Main entry: bar
Definition: a counter where you can obtain food or drink
Usage: he bought a hot dog and a coke at the bar
Main entry: bar
Definition: (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried
Usage: spectators were not allowed past the bar
Main entry: bar
Definition: a heating element in an electric fire
Usage: an electric fire with three bars
Main entry: bar
Definition: a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises
Main entry: bar, barroom, taproom, saloon, ginmill
Definition: a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
Usage: he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar
Main entry: Browning automatic rifle, BAR
Definition: 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
Definition: a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
Usage: a bar of chocolate
Main entry: bar, streak, stripe
Definition: a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background
Usage: a green toad with small black stripes or bars; may the Stars and Stripes forever wave
Definition: musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats
Usage: the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song
Main entry: legal community, legal profession, bar
Definition: the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction
Usage: he was admitted to the bar in New Jersey
Main entry: bar
Definition: a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore
Usage: the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river
Main entry: bar
Definition: (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter
Usage: unfortunately some writers have used bar for one dyne per square centimeter
Main entry: bar, debar, exclude
Definition: prevent from entering; keep out
Usage: He was barred from membership in the club
Main entry: bar
Definition: secure with, or as if with, bars
Usage: He barred the door
Main entry: stop, bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, blockade
Definition: render unsuitable for passage
Usage: block the way; barricade the streets; stop the busy road
Main entry: relegate, banish, bar
Definition: expel, as if by official decree
Usage: he was banished from his own country