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bar

/ˈbɑɚ/

US UK

noun

plural bars

[count] a building or room where alcoholic drinks and sometimes food are served

We went to a bar for a drink. - see also sports bar, tiki bar

a counter where alcoholic drinks are served

We sat at the restaurant's bar while we were waiting for a table. - see also cash bar, open bar, wet bar

a building or room where a particular food or drink is served

a seafood bar

a juice/coffee bar - see also salad bar, snack bar

[count] :a straight piece of metal, wood, etc., that is used as a tool, as part of a structure, or to keep people from entering or leaving through a door or window

There were bars across all the windows.

The door was secured with an iron bar.

The pole-vaulter narrowly cleared the bar. [=the long bar that is set at a specific height and that a jumper tries to go over]

In U.S. English, bar is used figuratively in phrases like raise/lower the bar and set the bar higher/lower to refer to changing the standard that is used to judge whether someone or something is good, successful, etc.

The company's new software raises the bar for its competitors. [=the company's new software is very good and its competitors will have to produce better software to compete with it]

Critics say that he has lowered the bar on what is considered acceptable behavior by politicians. [=he has caused people to accept worse behavior by politicians] - see also crossbar, crowbar, parallel bars, uneven bars

[count] :a solid piece of something that is shaped like a rectangle

She bought a chocolate/candy bar.

a bar of soap

[count] :a straight line, stripe, or section that is longer than it is wide

The bird's tail has an alternating series of white and black bars. [=bands]

a menu bar [=a narrow section that is across the screen in a computer program and that shows the names of available menus] - see also bar code, bar graph, task bar, toolbar

[count] formal :something that makes it difficult or impossible to do or achieve something - + to

His poor attitude was a bar to his success. [=his poor attitude prevented him from succeeding]

the bar

a US :the profession of a lawyer

She is a member of the bar. [=she is a lawyer]

the American Bar Association

She has been called to the bar. [=she has become a lawyer]

b or the Bar Brit :the profession of a barrister

c US :the test that a person must pass in order to be a lawyer

She passed the bar on her first try.

the bar exam/examination

[count] music

a line in written music that shows where a measure begins

the beats between two bars in a piece of music

I'm not sure I know that song. Can you hum a few bars? [=measures]

behind bars

in jail

He has been behind bars for 10 years.

tend bar

US :to work as a bartender :to prepare and serve drinks at a bar

He tends bar at the restaurant.

verb

bars; barred; barring

[+ obj] to put a bar or a set of bars in front of a door, window, etc., so that people cannot go in or out of it

He barred the door as soon as he got in.

All the windows and doors were barred.

a barred window

to put something in a road, path, etc., so that people cannot get by

A herd of goats was barring the road.

obstacles barring our way

to prevent or forbid (someone) from doing something

Nothing barred them from meeting together.

The judge will bar the jurors from talking to reporters.

A federal court has barred the group from using the name.

Reporters were barred [=excluded] from the meeting. [=reporters were not allowed to go to the meeting]

to prevent or forbid (something)

The decision bars the possibility of additional development in the area.

forms of punishment barred by the Constitution

no holds barred

xem hold

preposition

used in the phrase bar none to emphasize that a statement is completely true

She is the brightest student I've ever known, bar none. [=I have never known a student who is brighter than she is]

Brit :except for :barring

They have lost every match, bar one.

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