"bar" | Definition and Related Words

bar

Noun

A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter (synset 102800154)
"he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar"

is a type of: room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
subtypes:
- barrelhouse, honky-tonk - a cheap drinking and dancing establishment
- cocktail lounge - a barroom in a hotel or restaurant where cocktails are served
- sawdust saloon - a saloon whose floor is covered with sawdust
- speakeasy - (during prohibition) an illegal barroom
is a part of: gin mill, pothouse, pub, public house, saloon, taphouse - tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals

same as: barroom, ginmill, saloon, taproom
A counter where you can obtain food or drink (synset 102792510)
"he bought a hot dog and a coke at the bar"

is a type of: counter - table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted
subtypes:
- cash bar - a counter at a large party where you can purchase drinks by the glass
- oyster bar - a bar (as in a restaurant) that specializes in oysters prepared in different ways
- salad bar - a bar where diners can assemble a salad to their own taste
- buffet, snack bar, snack counter - usually inexpensive bar
- soda fountain - a counter where ice cream and sodas and sundaes are prepared and served
- sushi bar - a bar where sushi is served
- wet bar - a bar for mixing drinks that has a sink with running water
- wine bar - a bar that serves only wine
A rigid piece of metal or wood;
Usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon (synset 102791712)
"there were bars in the windows to prevent escape"

is a type of: implement - instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end
subtypes:
- belaying pin - a wood or metal bar to which a rope can be secured (as on a ship or in mountain climbing)
- bolt, deadbolt - the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key
- bolt - a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech
- carpenter's level - a straight bar of light metal with a spirit level in it
- chinning bar - a horizontal bar on which you can chin yourself
- core - a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil
- crossbar - a horizontal bar that goes across something
- drawbar - a strong metal bar bearing a hook to attach something to be pulled
- fret - a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch
- grab bar - a bar attached parallel to a wall to provide a handgrip for steadying yourself
- handlebar - the shaped bar used to steer a bicycle
- handspike - a metal bar (or length of pipe) used as a lever
- heaver - a bar used as a lever (as in twisting rope)
- lever - a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum
- rail - a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)
- rotor - the revolving bar of a distributor
- shackle - a U-shaped bar; the open end can be passed through chain links and closed with a bar
- slice bar - iron bar used to loosen and rake clinkers out of furnaces
- anti-sway bar, stabilizer bar - a rigid metal bar between the front suspensions and between the rear suspensions of cars and trucks; serves to stabilize the chassis
- towel bar, towel rail - a horizontal bar a few inches from a wall for holding towels
- rail, rails, runway, track - a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
Musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats (synset 106877775)
"the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song"

is a type of: musical notation - (music) notation used by musicians

same as: measure
An obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal (synset 102792294)
"it was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar"

is a type of: impediment, impedimenta, obstructer, obstruction, obstructor - any structure that makes progress difficult

is a part of: goal - game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points
The act of preventing (synset 101079274)
"there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza"

is a type of: hinderance, hindrance, interference - the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding
subtypes:
- averting - the act of preventing something from occurring
- debarment - the act of prevention by legal means
- disqualification - the act of preventing someone from participating by finding them unqualified
- interception - the act of intercepting; preventing something from proceeding or arriving
- non-proliferation, nonproliferation - the prevention of something increasing or spreading (especially the prevention of an increase in the number of countries possessing nuclear weapons)
- forestalling, obviation, preclusion - the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively
- prophylaxis - the prevention of disease
- save - (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring
- crushing, quelling, stifling, suppression - forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
same as: prevention
(meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter (synset 113733960)
"unfortunately some writers have used bar for one dyne per square centimeter"

referred to in: meteorology - the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather)

is a type of: pressure unit - a unit measuring force per unit area
has:
- millibar - a unit of atmospheric pressure equal to one thousandth of a bar
- bar absolute, barye, microbar - the absolute unit of pressure equal to one dyne per square centimeter
A submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore (synset 109236967)
"the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river"
is a type of:
- barrier - anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access
- ridge - a long narrow natural elevation or striation
subtypes: sand bar, sandbar - a bar of sand
The body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction (synset 108129368)
"he was admitted to the bar in New Jersey"

referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority

is a type of: profession - the body of people in a learned occupation

same as: legal community, legal profession
A narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background (synset 104690493)
"a green toad with small black stripes or bars"; "may the Stars and Stripes forever wave"

is a type of: marking - a pattern of marks

subtypes: band, banding, stria, striation - a stripe or stripes of contrasting color

same as: streak, stripe
A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax) (synset 102940853)
"a bar of chocolate"

is a type of: block - a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)

subtypes: tablet - a small flat compressed cake of some substance

same as: cake
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 (synset 102910716)
is a type of: automatic, automatic rifle, machine rifle - light machine gun

same as: browning automatic rifle
A horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises (synset 102793177)
is a type of: support - any device that bears the weight of another thing
is a part of:
- high bar, horizontal bar - gymnastic apparatus consisting of a bar supported in a horizontal position by uprights at both ends
- bars, parallel bars - gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden rods supported on uprights
A heating element in an electric fire (synset 102793035)
"an electric fire with three bars"

domain region: britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom

is a type of: heating element - the component of a heater or range that transforms fuel or electricity into heat
(law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried (synset 102792793)
"spectators were not allowed past the bar"

referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority

is a type of: rail, railing - a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports

is a part of: court, courtroom - a room in which a lawcourt sits

Verb

Prevent from entering;
Keep out (synset 200798250)
"He was barred from membership in the club"

is a type of: disallow, forbid, interdict, nix, prohibit, proscribe, veto - command against

same as: debar, exclude
Render unsuitable for passage (synset 201480632)
"block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road"

is a type of: block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude - block passage through
subtypes:
- block off, close off, shut off - block off the passage through
- close - bar access to
same as: barricade, block, block off, block up, blockade, stop

verb group: block, obstruct - shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight
Expel, as if by official decree (synset 202509452)
"he was banished from his own country"

is a type of: expel, kick out, throw out - force to leave or move out

subtypes: spike - stand in the way of

same as: banish, relegate
Secure with, or as if with, bars (synset 201345592)
"He barred the door"

is a type of: fasten, fix, secure - cause to be firmly attached

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