colour bar
The segregation of people of different colour or race, especially any barrier to black…The segregation of people of different colour or race, especially any barrier to black people participating in activities with white people.
Meaning
3 senses(UK)The segregation of people of different colour or race, especially any barrier to black people participating in activities with white people.
barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites
(UK)A pattern of varying tonal density that enables visual and numeric comparisons to be made across multiple printed sheets or pages.
(UK)A layer of good jewellery-quality opal within a rough opal.
Forms
plural: colour barsSynonyms
4 synonyms- barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites:color barcolor linecolour lineJim Crow
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.