noun Download 🔗Share A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length. Examples : "The window was protected by steel bars." material thing item essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A solid metal object with uniform (round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular) cross-section; in the US its smallest dimension is 1/4 inch or greater, a piece of thinner material being called a strip. Examples : "Ancient Sparta used iron bars instead of handy coins in more valuable alloy, to physically discourage the use of money." material thing essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A cuboid piece of any solid commodity. Examples : "bar of chocolate" material item essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A broad shaft, or band, or stripe. Examples : "a bar of colour" appearance essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart. Examples : "The bar chart showed a significant increase in student enrollment this year. " math statistics sign essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any of various lines used as punctuation or diacritics, such as the pipe ⟨|⟩, fraction bar (as in 12), and strikethrough (as in Ⱥ), formerly including oblique marks such as the slash. Examples : "The fraction bar in the math problem helped me understand how to divide the numbers. " grammar linguistics writing language mark essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The sign indicating that the characteristic of a logarithm is negative, conventionally placed above the digit(s) to show that it applies to the characteristic only and not to the mantissa. Examples : "The logarithm's bar above the 2 indicated that the characteristic was negative. " math number sign essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A similar sign indicating that the charge on a particle is negative (and that consequently the particle is in fact an antiparticle). Examples : "The scientist marked the diagram with a bar to show the negative charge on the particle. " physics sign science essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A business licensed to sell alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises, or the premises themselves; public house. Examples : "The street was lined with all-night bars." drink business entertainment place essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The counter of such premises. Examples : "Step up to the bar and order a drink." entertainment drink place essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room. Examples : "The bar in the hotel room had a selection of liquors for the guests. " drink utensil entertainment building essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (by extension, in combinations such as coffee bar, juice bar etc.) Premises or a counter serving any type of beverage. Examples : "After school, my friends and I went to the juice bar for a refreshing drink. " drink food place entertainment service business essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An establishment where alcohol and sometimes other refreshments are served. Examples : "After school, my friends and I went to the local bar for a soda and some snacks. " drink entertainment place building essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An informal establishment selling food to be consumed on the premises. Examples : "a burger bar" food drink entertainment building place essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An establishment offering cosmetic services. Examples : "a nail bar; a brow bar" service appearance business essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An official order or pronouncement that prohibits some activity. Examples : "The club has lifted its bar on women members." law government essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Anything that obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier. Examples : "The high wall was a bar to the children's view of the park. " thing essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (whimsical, derived from fubar) A metasyntactic variable representing an unspecified entity, often the second in a series, following foo. Examples : "Suppose we have two objects, foo and bar." computing word language technical essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (Parliament) A dividing line (physical or notional) in the chamber of a legislature beyond which only members and officials may pass. Examples : "The bar in the parliament chamber separates the public from the lawmakers. " politics government essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The railing surrounding the part of a courtroom in which the judges, lawyers, defendants and witnesses stay Examples : "The lawyer stood behind the courtroom bar, waiting for the judge to call his case. " law government building state essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share "the Bar" or "the bar" The bar exam, the legal licensing exam. Examples : "My friend is studying hard for the bar exam to become a lawyer. " law education essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (metonym, "the Bar", "the bar") Collectively, lawyers or the legal profession; specifically applied to barristers in some countries but including all lawyers in others. Examples : "He was called to the bar, he became a barrister." law organization government society job essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share One of an array of bar-shaped symbols that display the level of something, such as wireless signal strength or battery life remaining. Examples : "The phone's signal bar shows only one bar, so I might need to move to a better location. " technology electronics computing signal device essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value. Examples : "The music teacher pointed to the bar lines in the sheet music, showing the students where each measure began. " music essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share One of those musical sections. Examples : "The band played a fast bar in the middle of the song. " music essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A horizontal pole that must be crossed in high jump and pole vault Examples : "The high jumper carefully positioned themselves to clear the bar. " sport achievement essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any level of achievement regarded as a challenge to be overcome. Examples : "Passing the final exam was a significant bar to achieving a good grade. " achievement value attitude essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (most codes) The crossbar. Examples : "The teacher drew a bar graph on the whiteboard to show the class's test scores. " structure part essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The central divider between the inner and outer table of a backgammon board, where stones are placed if they are hit. Examples : "The bar on the backgammon board is where I put my hit stone. " game part structure essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An addition to a military medal, on account of a subsequent act Examples : "Sergeant Jones received a bar to his medal for bravery during the recent training exercise. " military achievement war essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A linear shoaling landform feature within a body of water. Examples : "The river's current created a sand bar near the school's playground. " geography geology ocean environment nature essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A ridge or succession of ridges of sand or other substance, especially a formation extending across the mouth of a river or harbor or off a beach, and which may obstruct navigation. (FM 55-501). Examples : "The sand bar blocked the small boat from entering the harbor. " geography nautical environment geology essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share One of the ordinaries in heraldry; a fess. Examples : "The family coat of arms featured a prominent bar. " heraldry essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A city gate, in some British place names. Examples : "The old city bar was a landmark in the town. " architecture place essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A drilling or tamping rod. Examples : "The construction worker used a bar to tamp down the soil around the foundation. " technical utensil machine essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A vein or dike crossing a lode. Examples : "The geologist found a thin bar of quartz crossing the main gold lode. " geology mineral essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town. Examples : "The soldiers guarded the castle's bar, preventing anyone from entering without permission. " architecture building military essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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 centre of the sole. Examples : "The farrier carefully trimmed the horse's bar, ensuring it didn't interfere with the horse's movement. " animal anatomy biology part essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (in the plural) The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed. Examples : "The horse's bars were wide enough for the rider to comfortably place the bit. " animal anatomy part essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To obstruct the passage of (someone or something). Examples : "Our way was barred by a huge rockfall." action law essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To lock or bolt with a bar. Examples : "bar the door" property utility building law essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To imprint or paint with bars, to stripe. Examples : "The artist barred the canvas with dark stripes of paint. " appearance art style mark essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
preposition Download 🔗Share Except, other than, besides. Examples : "He invited everyone to his wedding bar his ex-wife." language essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
preposition Download 🔗Share Denotes the minimum odds offered on other horses not mentioned by name. Examples : "The betting bar on the horse race offered odds of 2-1, barring any specific horse. " sport bet essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals, approximately equal to atmospheric pressure at sea level. Examples : "The tire pressure gauge showed 30 bars, which is close to the standard atmospheric bar at sea level. " physics unit essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading