bar

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /bɑː/, SAMPA: /bA:/
• (US) enPR: /bär/, IPA: /bɑr/, SAMPA: /bAr/
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Noun

Singular bar

Plural bars

1. A place that sells alcoholic drinks.

   I'm going to drink beer at the bar.

2. A box-shaped piece of something.

   bar of soap.

3. A long, hard thing that resembles a stick.

   A bar of gold.

Synonyms

• staff
• piece
• block

• 

  a bar

• 

  three green bars

• 

  a monkey behind the bars of a cage

Verb

Plain form bar

Third-person singular bars

Past tense barred

Past participle barred

Present participle barring

1. To stop someone from doing something; to prohibit.

   I was barred from entering the club.

2. To lock.

   I barred the door.

Synonyms

• stop
• prevent
• secure
• block
• lock
• ban
• restrict
• prohibit

Related words

• unbarred

Preposition

Preposition bar

1. except; not including

   He's the fastest runner in the world bar none.

Synonyms

• except
• excepting
• but

Related words

• barring