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Noun bar has 14 senses

barroom, bar, saloon, ginmill, taproom - a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter; "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar"
--₁ is a kind of room
--₁ is a part of
public house, pub, saloon, pothouse, gin mill, taphouse
--₁ has particulars:
barrelhouse, honky-tonk; cocktail lounge; sawdust saloon; speakeasy
bar - a counter where you can obtain food or drink; "he bought a hot dog and a coke at the bar"
--₂ is a kind of counter
--₂ has particulars:
cash bar; oyster bar; salad bar; snack bar, snack counter, buffet; soda fountain; sushi bar; wet bar; wine bar

bar - a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon; "there were bars in the windows to prevent escape"
--₃ is a kind of implement
--₃ has particulars:

Derived form: verb bar₄

measure, bar - musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats; "the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song"
--₄ is a kind of musical notation
bar - an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal; "it was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar"
--₅ is a kind of obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimenta
--₅ is a part of goal
Derived forms: verb bar₄, verb bar₂
prevention, bar - the act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza"
--₆ is a kind of hindrance, interference
--₆ has particulars:
averting; debarment; disqualification; interception; nonproliferation, non-proliferation; obviation, forestalling, preclusion; prophylaxis; save; suppression, crushing, quelling, stifling

Derived form: verb bar₁
bar - (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"
--₇ is a kind of pressure unit
--₇ has parts: millibar; barye, bar absolute, microbar
bar - a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore; "the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river"
--₈ is a kind of ridge; barrier
--₈ has particulars: sandbar, sand bar
legal profession, bar, legal community - the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction; "he was admitted to the bar in New Jersey"
--₉ is a kind of profession, community
cake, bar - a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax); "a bar of chocolate"
--₁₀ is a kind of block
--₁₀ has particulars: tablet
Browning automatic rifle, BAR - a portable .30 caliber magazine-fed automatic rifle operated by gas pressure; used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War
--₁₁ is a kind of automatic rifle, automatic, machine rifle
bar - a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises
--₁₂ is a kind of support
--₁₂ is a part of horizontal bar, high bar; parallel bars, bars
bar - a heating element in an electric fire; "an electric fire with three bars"
--₁₃ is a kind of heating element
bar - (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried; "spectators were not allowed past the bar"
--₁₄ is a kind of railing, rail
--₁₄ is a part of court, courtroom

Verb bar has 4 senses

bar, debar, exclude - prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from membership in the club"
--₁ is one way to forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow

Derived form: noun bar₆
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar - render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road"
--₂ is one way to obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up

Derived form: noun bar₅
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
banish, relegate, bar - expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country"
--₃ is one way to expel, throw out, kick out
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
bar - secure with, or as if with, bars; "He barred the door"
--₄ is one way to fasten, fix, secure
Antonyms: unbar

Derived forms: noun bar₅, noun bar₃
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something