bar

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter

   We're headed to the bar to meet friends.

2. 2
   noun

   a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)

   a bar of chocolate

3. 3
   noun

   a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background

   a green toad with small black stripes or bars

4. 4
   noun

   musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats

   the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song

5. 5
   noun

   the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction

   I was admitted to the bar in New Jersey.

6. 6
   noun

   a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore

   the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river

7. 7
   noun

   (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. 8
   verb

   to prevent from entering

   We'll have to bar you from school until next week.

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.