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Meaning of bar

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  bar
      n 1: a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served
           over a counter; "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the
           bar" [syn: {barroom}, {bar}, {saloon}, {ginmill},
           {taproom}]
      2: a counter where you can obtain food or drink; "he bought a
         hot dog and a coke at the bar"
      3: 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"
      4: musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats;
         "the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song"
         [syn: {measure}, {bar}]
      5: an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal;
         "it was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar"
      6: the act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving";
         "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of
         influenza" [syn: {prevention}, {bar}]
      7: (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"
      8: a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a
         shore; "the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river"
      9: the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a
         particular jurisdiction; "he was admitted to the bar in New
         Jersey" [syn: {legal profession}, {bar}, {legal community}]
      10: 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" [syn: {stripe},
          {streak}, {bar}]
      11: a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax); "a bar of
          chocolate" [syn: {cake}, {bar}]
      12: 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 [syn: {Browning automatic rifle}, {BAR}]
      13: a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as
          they perform exercises
      14: a heating element in an electric fire; "an electric fire
          with three bars"
      15: (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"
      v 1: prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from
           membership in the club" [syn: {bar}, {debar}, {exclude}]
      2: render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade
         the streets"; "stop the busy road" [syn: {barricade},
         {block}, {blockade}, {stop}, {block off}, {block up}, {bar}]
      3: expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his
         own country" [syn: {banish}, {relegate}, {bar}]
      4: secure with, or as if with, bars; "He barred the door" [ant:
         {unbar}]

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