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Word bar
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / bɑː(r) / NAmE / bɑːr /
Example
  • we met at a bar called the flamingo.
  • the island’s only licensed bar (= one that is allowed to sell alcoholic drinks)
  • a cocktail bar
  • the hotel has a restaurant, bar and swimming pool.
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bar

(noun)BrE / bɑː(r) / NAmE / bɑːr /
  1. a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic and other drinks
    • see also barroom
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/barroom
    • We met at a bar called the Flamingo.
    • the island’s only licensed bar (= one that is allowed to sell alcoholic drinks)
    • a cocktail bar
    • The hotel has a restaurant, bar and swimming pool.
    • I found David in the bar of the Red Lion (= a room in a pub where drinks are served).
  2. a long wide wooden surface where drinks, etc. are served
    • She was sitting at the bar.
    • It was so crowded I couldn't get to the bar.
  3. a place in which a particular kind of food or drink is the main thing that is served
    • see also oxygen bar
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/oxygen-bar
    • a sandwich bar
    • a coffee bar
  4. a piece of something with straight sides
    • see also energy bar
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/energy-bar
    • a bar of chocolate/soap
    • candy bars
  5. a long straight piece of metal or wood. Bars are often used to stop somebody from getting through a space.
    • see also bull bars
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/bull-bars
    • He smashed the window with an iron bar.
    • All the ground floor windows were fitted with bars.
    • a five-bar gate (= one made with five horizontal bars of wood)
  6. a long narrow area, usually at the top or side of a computer screen, that contains links or pull-down (2) menus or displays information about the website or program that you are using
    • see also address bar
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/address-bar
  7. the crossbar of a goal
    • His shot hit the bar.
  8. a band of colour or light
    • Bars of sunlight slanted down from the tall narrow windows.
  9. a thing that stops somebody from doing something
    • see also colour bar
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/colour-bar
    • At that time being a woman was a bar to promotion in most professions.
  10. one of the short sections of equal length that a piece of music is divided into, and the notes that are in it
    • four beats to the bar
    • the opening bars of a piece of music
  11. the profession of barrister (= a lawyer in a higher court)
    • See related entries: People in law
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/people_in_law/bar_1
    • to be called to the Bar (= allowed to work as a qualified barrister)
  12. the profession of any kind of lawyer
  13. a unit for measuring the pressure of the atmosphere, equal to a hundred thousand newtons per square metre
    • see also millibar
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/millibar
  14. a piece of metal with wire wrapped around it that becomes red and hot when electricity is passed through it
    • Switch another bar on if you’re cold.
  15. in prison
    • The murderer is now safely behind bars.
  16. to set a new, lower standard of quality or performance
    • opposite raise the bar
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/raise_1
    • In the current economic climate we may need to lower the bar on quotas.
  17. to have nothing to do with something
    • If he tries to sell you his car, don't have a bar of it.
  18. to set a new, higher standard of quality or performance
    • opposite lower1
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/lower1_2
    • The factory has raised the bar on productivity, food safety and quality.
    • This latest computer game raises the bar for interface design.
    • The awards go to people who have truly raised the bar.
    • Perhaps the new admission requirements raised the bar too high.
  19. to set a standard of quality or performance
    • The show really sets the bar for artistic invention.
    • Sofia sets the bar very high for what she expects of herself.

    Extra Examples

    • I bought a chocolate bar at the station.
    • I didn’t recognize the man who was serving behind the bar.
    • It was supposed to be a restaurant but seemed more like a dive bar.
    • She played a few bars on the piano.
    • The barmaid stood behind the bar.
    • The ground floor windows were fitted with bars.
    • The killer is now safely behind bars.
    • There were not many people in the bar.
    • They were chatting at the bar.
    • We met at a bar called the Anvil.
    • You can usually find him propping up the bar of the Red Lion.
    • the notes in the first bar
    • He’s been working in a bar called the Flamingo.
    • I found David in the bar of the Red Lion.
    • It’s a singles bar.
    • It’s the island’s only licensed bar.
    • The hotel has a cocktail bar on the top floor.
    • The windows at street level were fitted with bars.
    • They used to meet after work in a wine bar.
    • They won’t feel safe until the murderer is safely behind bars.
    • We could meet at the theatre and have a drink in the bar.
    • a bar of soap
    • a candy bar
    • a five-bar gate
    • a roll bar
    • a sandwich/snack/coffee bar
    • a tow bar
    • a wine/cocktail bar
    • bull bars
    • the space bar

    Word Origin

    • noun senses 1 to 12 Middle English: from Old French barre (noun), barrer (verb), of unknown origin. noun sense 13 early 20th cent.: from Greek baros ‘weight’.
Copyright This card's content is collected from the following dictionaries: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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