## Meanings
1. A place where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks.
2. A block of a solid substance, such as chocolate or soap.
3. To stop someone from entering a place or doing something.
4. A long, narrow piece of metal or wood.
5. The profession of lawyers, or all the lawyers allowed to work in a region.

## Examples
- We met some friends at the bar after work.
- He ate a whole bar of chocolate by himself.
- The guard barred us from entering the building.
- There were iron bars across the prison window.
- She passed her exams and was admitted to the bar last year.

## Derived Forms
- barrable
- outbar
- unbar

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: barren
- Root: barrer
- Root: barrare

## Etymology
From Middle English barren, from Old French barrer, from Medieval Latin barrare (“to bar”), from the noun. Cognate to Occitan barrar, Spanish barrar, Portuguese barrar. Preposition properly imperative of the verb. Compare barring.

## AI Etymology
Bar comes from Middle English barren, from Old French barrer, from Medieval Latin barrare (“to bar”), from the noun. Cognate to Occitan barrar, Spanish barrar, Portuguese barrar. Preposition properly imperative of the verb. Compare barring.

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