Meaning

43 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.

    The window was protected by steel bars.

    a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon

  2. (countable, uncountable)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.

    Ancient Sparta used iron bars instead of handy coins in more valuable alloy, to physically discourage the use of money.

    We are expecting a carload of bar tomorrow.

    Block, Barren, Stange

    прутprut, сте́рженьstérženʹ, брусbrus

    прутprut, брусbrus, сте́рженьstérženʹ

  3. (countable, uncountable)A cuboid piece of any solid commodity.

    bar of chocolate

    bar of soap

    Block, Stück, Tafel

    брусо́кbrusók, пли́ткаplítka

    брусо́кbrusók, пли́ткаplýtka

  4. (countable, uncountable)A broad shaft, band, or stripe.

    a bar of light

    a bar of colour

  5. (countable, uncountable)A long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart.

    Balken, Strich, Streifen

  6. (countable, uncountable)Any of various lines used as punctuation or diacritics, such as the pipe ⟨|⟩, fraction bar (as in 12), and strikethrough (as in Ⱥ), formerly (obsolete) including oblique marks such as the slash.

  7. (countable, uncountable)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.

  8. (countable, uncountable)A similar sign indicating that the charge on a particle is the negative of its usual value (and that consequently the particle is in fact an antiparticle).

  9. (countable, uncountable)A business selling alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises, or the premises themselves; a public house.

    The street was lined with all-night bars.

    Bar, Kneipe, Beisl

    барbar, пивна́яpivnája, каба́кkabák

    барbar, пивна́pyvná, каба́кkabák

  10. (countable, uncountable)The counter of such premises.

    Step up to the bar and order a drink.

    Bar, Theke, Tresen

    барbar, сто́йкаstójka

    барbar, сті́йкаstíjka

  11. (countable, uncountable)A counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room.

    Bar

    барbar

    барbar

    a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter

  12. (broadly, countable, in compounds, uncountable)Premises or a counter serving any type of beverage.

    a coffee bar

    a juice bar

Examples

1248 sentences
  1. Everybody went to the same bar.

    Усі пішли до одного бару.

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  2. Tom sat at the bar by himself.

    Том сидів у барі насамоті.

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  3. I sat at the bar by myself.

    Я сидів у барі сам.

    ruЯ сидел в баре один.

    deIch saß alleine an der Bar.

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  4. I sat at the bar with Tom.

    Я сидів у барі з Томом.

    ruЯ сел за барную стойку рядом с Томом.

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  5. I don't go to bars very often.

    Я нечасто ходжу до барів.

    deIch gehe nicht oft in Kneipen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 8
solid object with uniform cross-section:
cuboid piece of any commodity:
business licensed to sell intoxicating beverages:
counter of such premises:
law: collective term for lawyers:
law: profession of lawyers:
sports: in high jump and pole vault:
nautical: sand formation:
Русский
By meaning 9
solid object with uniform cross-section:
cuboid piece of any commodity:
business licensed to sell intoxicating beverages:
counter of such premises:
law: collective term for lawyers:
law: profession of lawyers:
technology: a part of a pictogram indicating signal strength or charge level:
sports: in high jump and pole vault:
nautical: sand formation:
Deutsch
By meaning 7
solid object with uniform cross-section:
cuboid piece of any commodity:
long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder:
business licensed to sell intoxicating beverages:
counter of such premises:
official order prohibiting some activity:
nautical: sand formation:

Origin

From Middle English barre, from Old French barre (“beam, bar, gate, barrier”), from Vulgar

From Middle English barre, from Old French barre (“beam, bar, gate, barrier”), from Vulgar Latin *barra, of uncertain origin. Doublet of barre.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”), coined circa 1900.

From foobar, a phonetic respelling of FUBAR.

Variant of bear.

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Forms

plural: bars
Singularbar
Pluralbars

regular

Synonyms

30 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the act of preventing:prevention
  • a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter:barroomsaloonginmilltaproom
  • 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:Browning automatic rifle
  • a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax):cake

Word family

348 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • behind bars bars
  • bars bars
  • at the bar
  • behind bars
  • of the bar
  • bar and grill
  • chuck's bar and
  • life behind bars
  • at chuck's bar
  • in the bar
  • the bar drinking
  • chuck's bar

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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