bar

bar1 [ bar ] noun count ***

▸ 1 place serving alcohol

▸ 2 long narrow piece

▸ 3 block of soap etc.

▸ 4 profession of a lawyer

▸ 5 something that prevents something

▸ 6 in music

▸ + PHRASES

1. ) a place where you go to buy and drink alcoholic drinks:

We met at Ernie's Bar.

a wine/cocktail bar

a ) the COUNTER where alcoholic drinks are served in a bar or restaurant:

I think you have to order at the bar.

b ) a small place that serves a particular type of food:

a sushi bar

a sandwich bar

2. ) a long narrow piece of metal:

an old house with iron bars on the windows

The car's safety features include side-impact bars.

a ) a long narrow shape along one of the sides of a WINDOW on a computer screen:

Use the scroll bar to move up and down the page.

There's a quick-access menu bar below the top menu.

3. ) a solid block of a substance such as chocolate or soap:

a candy bar

bar of: a bar of soap

4. ) the bar the profession of being a lawyer. If someone is admitted to the bar, they become a lawyer.

a ) the BAR EXAM

5. ) something that prevents another thing from happening:

bar to: We have to ensure that a person's ethnic background is no bar to success in the workplace.

a ) an order stating that something is not allowed: BAN:

bar on: The ruling placed a bar on any mention of the facts in the media.

6. ) a MEASURE of music

behind bars

in prison:

The five men could spend up to 12 years behind bars.

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bar 2 [ bar ] preposition BRITISH

used after words such as all, every, and any to mean except :

The preservation area is closed to all traffic bar buses.

bar none

used for emphasizing that someone or something is the best:

He's the best teacher we have ever had, bar none.

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bar 3 [ bar ] verb transitive **

1. ) often passive to officially say that something must not happen, or that someone must not do something or go somewhere:

a new rule that bars the export of live animals

bar someone from (doing) something: It was an old-fashioned club from which women were barred.

He has been barred from running a political office for five years.

2. ) to put something across a door or window so that no one can get through it:

Bar the door and don't let anyone in.

a ) to prevent someone from going somewhere by standing in their way:

Guards were everywhere, barring all exits.

bar someone's way/path: There were three vicious-looking dogs barring our way.

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