Definition of Bar

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Definition of Bar

Bar

A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especially for a hindrance, obstruction, or fastening; as, the bars of a fence or gate; the bar of a door.

An indefinite quantity of some substance, so shaped as to be long in proportion to its breadth and thickness; as, a bar of gold or of lead; a bar of soap.

Anything which obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier.

A bank of sand, gravel, or other matter, esp. at the mouth of a river or harbor, obstructing navigation.

Any railing that divides a room, or office, or hall of assembly, in order to reserve a space for those having special privileges; as, the bar of the House of Commons.

The railing that incloses the place which counsel occupy in courts of justice. Hence, the phrase at the bar of the court signifies in open court.

The place in court where prisoners are stationed for arraignment, trial, or sentence.

The whole body of lawyers licensed in a court or district; the legal profession.

A special plea constituting a sufficient answer to plaintiff's action.

Any tribunal; as, the bar of public opinion; the bar of God.

A barrier or counter, over which liquors and food are passed to customers; hence, the portion of the room behind the counter where liquors for sale are kept.

An ordinary, like a fess but narrower, occupying only one fifth part of the field.

A broad shaft, or band, or stripe; as, a bar of light; a bar of color.

A vertical line across the staff. Bars divide the staff into spaces which represent measures, and are themselves called measures.

The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed.

The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the center of the sole.

A drilling or tamping rod.

A vein or dike crossing a lode.

A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.

A slender strip of wood which divides and supports the glass of a window; a sash bar.

To fasten with a bar; as, to bar a door or gate.

To restrict or confine, as if by a bar; to hinder; to obstruct; to prevent; to prohibit; as, to bar the entrance of evil; distance bars our intercourse; the statute bars my right; the right is barred by time; a release bars the plaintiff's recovery; -- sometimes with up.

To except; to exclude by exception.

To cross with one or more stripes or lines.

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Bar Quotations

You know an odd feeling? Sitting on the toilet eating a chocolate candy bar.
George Carlin

We may have our private opinions but why should they be a bar to the meeting of hearts?
Mohandas Gandhi

I like to play in the low 70's. If it gets any hotter than that I'll stay in the bar!
Bob Hope

The difference between chirping out of turn and a faux pas depends on what kind of a bar you're in.
Wilson Mizner

An architect's most useful tools are an eraser at the drafting board, and a wrecking bar at the site.
Frank Lloyd Wright

I was in a bar the other night, hopping from barstool to barstool, trying to get lucky, but there wasn't any gum under any of them.
Emo Philips

I was at a bar nursing a beer. My nipple was getting quite soggy.
Emo Philips

Poverty must not be a bar to learning and learning must offer an escape from poverty.
Lyndon B. Johnson

I can only say the first thing that pops into my mind is I remember, years ago, seeing kind of a has-been country singer working - when I first moved to Nashville - in a bar in a Holiday Inn.
Jimmy Buffett

I'm too short to host a late-night talk show. It's like the bar at an amusement-park ride. You have to be six foot two or over.
Jon Stewart

Bar Translations

bar in Afrikaans is drinkpan
bar in Danish is forhindre, hindre, briket
bar in Dutch is belemmeren, afsluiten, afdammen
bar in French is barrent, barrons, barrer, barrez, tringle
bar in German is sperren, Bar/Riegel, Stange, Taste
bar in Italian is verga, sbarrare
bar in Latin is claustrum
bar in Portuguese is barra
bar in Spanish is molestar, obstruir, barra, percha

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