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English noun: bar | |||
| 1. | bar (artifact) a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter | ||
| Samples | He drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar. | ||
| Synonyms | barroom, ginmill, saloon, taproom | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | room | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | barrelhouse, cocktail lounge, honky-tonk, sawdust saloon, speakeasy | ||
| Part meronym | gin mill, pothouse, pub, public house, saloon, taphouse | ||
| 2. | bar (artifact) a counter where you can obtain food or drink | ||
| Samples | He bought a hot dog and a coke at the bar. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | counter | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | buffet, cash bar, oyster bar, salad bar, snack bar, snack counter, soda fountain, sushi bar, wet bar, wine bar | ||
| 3. | bar (artifact) a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon | ||
| Samples | There were bars in the windows to prevent escape. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | implement | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | anti-sway bar, belaying pin, bolt, bolt, carpenter's level, chinning bar, core, crossbar, deadbolt, drawbar, fret, grab bar, handlebar, handspike, heaver, lever, rail, rail, rails, rotor, runway, shackle, slice bar, stabilizer bar, towel bar, towel rail, track | ||
| 4. | bar (communication) musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats | ||
| Samples | The orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song. | ||
| Synonyms | measure | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | musical notation | ||
| 5. | bar (artifact) an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal | ||
| Samples | It was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | impediment, impedimenta, obstructer, obstruction, obstructor | ||
| Part meronym | goal | ||
| 6. | bar (act) the act of preventing | ||
| Samples | There was no bar against leaving. Money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza. | ||
| Synonyms | prevention | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hinderance, hindrance, interference | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | averting, crushing, debarment, disqualification, forestalling, interception, non-proliferation, nonproliferation, obviation, preclusion, prophylaxis, quelling, save, stifling, suppression | ||
| 7. | bar (quantity) (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter | ||
| Samples | Unfortunately some writers have used bar for one dyne per square centimeter. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | pressure unit | ||
| Part holonym | bar absolute, barye, microbar, millibar | ||
| Domain category | meteorology | ||
| 8. | bar (object) a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore | ||
| Samples | The boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | barrier, ridge | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | sand bar, sandbar | ||
| 9. | bar (group) the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction | ||
| Samples | He was admitted to the bar in New Jersey. | ||
| Synonyms | legal community, legal profession | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | profession | ||
| Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||
| 10. | bar (attribute) a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background | ||
| Samples | A green toad with small black stripes or bars. May the Stars and Stripes forever wave. | ||
| Synonyms | streak, stripe | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | marking | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | band, banding, stria, striation | ||
| 11. | bar (artifact) a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax) | ||
| Samples | A bar of chocolate. | ||
| Synonyms | cake | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | block | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | tablet | ||
| 12. | BAR (artifact) 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 | ||
| Synonyms | Browning automatic rifle | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | automatic, automatic rifle, machine rifle | ||
| 13. | bar (artifact) a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | support | ||
| Part meronym | bars, high bar, horizontal bar, parallel bars | ||
| 14. | bar (artifact) a heating element in an electric fire | ||
| Samples | An electric fire with three bars. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | heating element | ||
| Domain region | Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | ||
| 15. | bar (artifact) (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried | ||
| Samples | Spectators were not allowed past the bar. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | rail, railing | ||
| Part meronym | court, courtroom | ||
| Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||
English verb: bar | |||
| 1. | bar (communication) prevent from entering; keep out | ||
| Samples | He was barred from membership in the club. | ||
| Synonyms | debar, exclude | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disallow, forbid, interdict, nix, prohibit, proscribe, veto | ||
| 2. | bar (contact) render unsuitable for passage | ||
| Samples | Block the way. Barricade the streets. Stop the busy road. | ||
| Synonyms | barricade, block, block off, block up, blockade, stop | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | block off, close, close off, shut off | ||
| Verb group | block, obstruct | ||
| 3. | bar (social) expel, as if by official decree | ||
| Samples | He was banished from his own country. | ||
| Synonyms | banish, relegate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | expel, kick out, throw out | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | spike | ||
| 4. | bar (contact) secure with, or as if with, bars | ||
| Samples | He barred the door. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fasten, fix, secure | ||
| Antonyms | unbar | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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