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    [Noun]  | "bar" | \ ˈbär \


    1: a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening)

    2: a solid piece or block of material that is longer than it is wide

    3: a usually rigid piece (as of wood or metal) longer than it is wide that is used as a handle or support; especially : a handrail used by ballet dancers to maintain balance while exercising

    Origin: 12th century ;

     Middle English barre, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *barra;

    [Noun]  | "bar" 


    1: a unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals

    Origin: 1910 ;

     Borrowed from Greek báros "heaviness, weight, pressure" {mat|bar-|};

    [Noun]  | "bar car" 


    1: club car

    Origin: 1933 ;

    [Verb]  | "bar" 


    1: to fasten with a long, narrow piece of wood, metal, or other material : to fasten with a bar

    2: to place bars across to prevent ingress or egress

    3: to mark with straight stripes, bands, or lines that are much longer than they are wide : to mark with bars : stripe

    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English barren, borrowed from Anglo-French barrer, derivative of barre {see: |bar:1|bar:1};

    [Preposition]  | "bar" 


    1: except

    Origin: 1723 ;

     Derivative of {see: |bar:2|bar:2};

    [Abbreviation]  | "bar" 


    1: barometer; barometric

    2: barrel

    [Abbreviation]  | "Bar" 


    1: Baruch

    [Abbreviation]  | "BAr" 


    1: bachelor of architecture

    [Abbreviation]  | "BAR" 


    1: Browning automatic rifle

    [Combining form]  | "bar-" 


    1: weight : pressure

    Origin: 

     Irregularly from Greek báros "heaviness, weight, pressure," derivative from the base of barýs "heavy" {mat|grave:2|};

      * Note : As Greek báros is a neuter s-stem, it would not regularly produce a compounding form with -o-. In ancient and late classical Greek there appears to be no evidence for a form baro-, though there are a large number of compounds with bary-. The earliest English formation with baro- is probably {barometer|barometer}.;

    [Noun]  | "bar" 


    1: a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide;


      * e.g., " ... all of the prison's windows are partially covered with steel bars "



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    2: a line or long narrow section differing in color from the background;


      * e.g., " ... the cat had a bar of white down her throat "



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    3: a pile or ridge of granular matter (as sand or snow);


      * e.g., " ... more than one boater has run aground on that treacherous bar of sand in the river "



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    [Noun]  | "bar cookie" 


    1: as in bar, brownie;


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    [Noun]  | "bar sinister" 


    1: the state or fact of being born out of wedlock;


      * e.g., " ... back in the days when the bar sinister was a real obstacle to social acceptance "




    [Noun]  | "snack bar" 


    1: as in cafeteria, lunchroom;


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    [Noun]  | "sports bar" 


    1: as in nightclub, wineshop;


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    [Verb]  | "bar" 


    1: to make stripes on;


      * e.g., " ... barred the fence with white strips "




    2: to order not to do or use or to be done or used;


      * e.g., " ... corporal punishment has long been barred in most public schools "




    3: to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of;


      * e.g., " ... beach-goers are barred from walking in roped-off sections of the beach to protect nesting birds "




    [Verb]  | "raise" 


    1: to move from a lower to a higher place or position;


      * e.g., " ... he asked members of the audience to raise their hands if they had been to his show before "




    2: to bring to maturity through care and education;


      * e.g., " ... since she was only two when her mother died, the girl was raised mainly by her aunt "




    3: to bring (something volatile or intense) into being;


      * e.g., " ... a proposal to cover the library's red brick with vinyl siding raised a mighty ruckus with those favoring historical preservation "




    [Preposition]  | "bar" 


    1: not including;


      * e.g., " ... everyone in the company is invited, bar none "



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     [ "bar" ]

    1: when one says something that the user of the word agrees with similar to true and truth

      * e.g.,  ... "Hey I just got it in with that girl across the hall" 

     [ "bar" ]

    1: The source of many jokes.

      * e.g.,  ... A guy walks into a bar... 

     [ "bar" ]

    1: The other default variable used in programmer's slang

      * e.g.,  ... Then I did: 

     [ "bar" ]

    1: The small "bar" of skin at the base of the head of an uncircumcised penis which joins the circumference of the foreskin with the main shaft of the organ. Under extreme circumstances, this bar can become "torn".

      * e.g.,  ... "Oh my god, I've torn my bar (during intercourse or other activities)" 

     [ "bar" ]

    1: 1)a bar of soap

      * e.g.,  ... Mo: A guy walks into a bar...what does he say? 

     [ "bar" ]

    2: 2)a line in a song

      * e.g.,  ... Bo: What? 

     [ "bar" ]

    3: 3)a place to drink and get fucked up

      * e.g.,  ... Mo: OUCH! 

     [ "bar" ]

    4: 4)a metal object

      * e.g.,  ... Bo: LOLWTFLMAOROFLCOPTERBBQ!  

     [ "bar" ]

    1: another name for pound/quid

      * e.g.,  ... emma: how much is that top 

     [ "bar" ]

    1: The worst place to find a girl. Alcoholic beverages loosens tounges, and softens inhibitions. Men who go to bars say stupid things to women when they are drinking.

      * e.g.,  ... The attack of the killer budweisers 

     [ "bar" ]

    1: Another word for a line in a rap.

      * e.g.,  ... GhettoJoe:Tha verse i wrote last night multied(past tense of multi/multy) 5 syllablez fo 4 barz. 

     [ "bar" ]

    1: to have sex, or to ask for sex

      * e.g.,  ... when you gonna let me get the bar mami? 

     [ "bar" ]

    1: B-A-R Southern / US Army for

      * e.g.,  ... He was mouthin off so I was gonna smack him with a B-A-R 

     [ "bar" ]

    2: "Big Ass (W)Rench" earlier Browning Automatic Rifle

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