The Meaning of bar

• (n.) A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especially for a hindrance, obstruction, or fastening; as, the bars of a fence or gate; the bar of a door.
• (n.) An indefinite quantity of some substance, so shaped as to be long in proportion to its breadth and thickness; as, a bar of gold or of lead; a bar of soap.
• (n.) Anything which obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier.
• (n.) A bank of sand, gravel, or other matter, esp. at the mouth of a river or harbor, obstructing navigation.
• (n.) Any railing that divides a room, or office, or hall of assembly, in order to reserve a space for those having special privileges; as, the bar of the House of Commons.
• (n.) The railing that incloses the place which counsel occupy in courts of justice. Hence, the phrase at the bar of the court signifies in open court.
• (n.) The place in court where prisoners are stationed for arraignment, trial, or sentence.
• (n.) The whole body of lawyers licensed in a court or district; the legal profession.
• (n.) A special plea constituting a sufficient answer to plaintiff's action.
• (n.) Any tribunal; as, the bar of public opinion; the bar of God.
• (n.) A barrier or counter, over which liquors and food are passed to customers; hence, the portion of the room behind the counter where liquors for sale are kept.
• (n.) An ordinary, like a fess but narrower, occupying only one fifth part of the field.
• (n.) A broad shaft, or band, or stripe; as, a bar of light; a bar of color.
• (n.) A vertical line across the staff. Bars divide the staff into spaces which represent measures, and are themselves called measures.
• (n.) The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed.
• (n.) The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the center of the sole.
• (n.) A drilling or tamping rod.
• (n.) A vein or dike crossing a lode.
• (n.) A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.
• (n.) A slender strip of wood which divides and supports the glass of a window; a sash bar.
• (n.) To fasten with a bar; as, to bar a door or gate.
• (n.) To restrict or confine, as if by a bar; to hinder; to obstruct; to prevent; to prohibit; as, to bar the entrance of evil; distance bars our intercourse; the statute bars my right; the right is barred by time; a release bars the plaintiff's recovery; -- sometimes with up.
• (n.) To except; to exclude by exception.
• (n.) To cross with one or more stripes or lines.

Homophones

baar , bahre , barr

Rhymes

adar , afar , ahr , ajar , akbar , alar , alcazar , algar , allar , almanzar , almodovar , alvare , amar , amritsar , andujar , aquilar , ar , are , avatar , avelar , aydar , azar , azhar , baar , babar , bahr , bahre , balakumar , baldemar , baltazar , barr , barre , bazaar , bazar , bejar , bizarre , bodnar , bogar , bognar , bomar , boxcar , boyar , car , carr , carre , caspar , caviar , ceasar , char , cigar , cinnabar , cisar , claar , clar , commissar , cotnoir , cousar , crowbar , csar , csaszar , czar , dagmar , dakar , dar , darr , demar , detar , dinar , disbar , dzhokhar , dzokhar , earthstar , emdr , fahr , far , farquar , farr , farrar , feldspar , flohr , fluorspar , gar , ghafar , giroir , giscard , godar , gohr , gombar , gregoire , guitar , guizar , haar , handlebar , hectare , hekmatyar , hocevar , hribar , huizar , jabar , jabbar , jaffar , jaguar , jahr , jamar , jar , jiar , kadar , kahr , kahre , karr , klar , kumar , labar , lahr , lamar , lamarr , lar , lebar , lemar , lodestar , lumbar , magyar , mahr , mar , marr , mawr , mcgarr , meagher , melgar , memoir , menjivar , millibar , minicar , miramar , mizar , motorcar , mylar , najar , najjar , nascar , navar , navarre , nayyar , nazar , npr , obar , obarr , paar , par , parr , pharr , pintar , preslar , qasr , qatar , quarre , r , radar , railcar , rajkumar , registrar , renoir , repertoire , reservoir , revoir , ribar , robar , saar , sagar , saldivar , sandbar , sar , scar , schaar , schar , scharr , seminar , sidebar , sitar , soutar , spahr , spar , sphar , spohr , srinagar , staar , star , starr , streetcar , subpar , sunstar , tabar , tar , tarr , telstar , tesar , thar , tigar , tokar , tovar , transtar , tsar , tygar , valdemar , victoire , yahr , zadar , zagar , zalar , zaldivar , zanzibar , zulfikar