bar in WordNet English dictionary

1. expel, as if by official decree
   "he was banished from his own country"
   banish  relegate  bar 
   
2. prevent from entering; keep out
   "He was barred from membership in the club"
   bar  debar  exclude 
   
3. render unsuitable for passage
   "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road"
   barricade  block  blockade  stop  block off  block up  bar 
   
4. secure with, or as if with, bars
   "He barred the door"
   bar 
   

1. the act of preventing
   "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza"
   prevention  bar 
   
2. 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"
   bar 
   
3. an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal
   "it was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar"
   bar 
   
4. a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
   "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar"
   barroom  bar  saloon  ginmill  taproom 
   
5. a counter where you can obtain food or drink
   "he bought a hot dog and a coke at the bar"
   bar 
   
6. a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
   "a bar of chocolate"
   cake  bar 
   
7. (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"
   bar 
   
8. a heating element in an electric fire
   "an electric fire with three bars"
   bar 
   
9. a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises
   bar 
   
10. a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background
    "a green toad with small black stripes or bars"; "may the Stars and Stripes forever wave"
    stripe  streak  bar 
    
11. musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats
    "the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song"
    measure  bar 
    
12. the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction
    "he was admitted to the bar in New Jersey"
    legal profession  bar  legal community 
    
13. a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore
    "the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river"
    bar 
    
14. (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"
    bar