bar

a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter; "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar"

a counter where you can obtain food or drink; "he bought a hot dog and a coke at the 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"

musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats; "the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song"

the act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza"

(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"

a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore; "the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river"

the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction; "he was admitted to the bar in New Jersey"

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"

a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine; used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War

prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from membership in the club"

expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country"