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adjective

provided with one or more bars: a barred prison window.

striped; streaked: barred fabrics.

Ornithology. (of feathers) marked with transverse bands of distinctive color.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English; see bar¹, -ed³

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a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

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Example Sentences

The fellow eventually confessed and was barred from receiving any federal grants for three years.

Under its terms, they are barred from dabbling in diamonds for two years.

Darkest birds are uniformly dark, the dark undertail coverts are barred rufous.

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The fellow eventually confessed and was barred from receiving any federal grants for three years.

Under its terms, they are barred from dabbling in diamonds for two years.

Darkest birds are uniformly dark, the dark undertail coverts are barred rufous.

And to make the situation even worse, rebel forces had taken over the park and barred the rangers.

For the past two nights, a barred owl has been calling from the big-leaf maple outside my bedroom window.

Reporters are barred from releasing reports that might incite violence or tribal conflict.

Public employees would have been barred from negotiating over health care and pensions and from striking.

Three opposition parties were barred from the contest on technicalities.

Brown-edged head and upperparts, barred rump, and dark streaks on sides and flanks.

Barred from studying the dinosaur that left the scat behind, there's no way to tell.

Internet users deluged by spam are resorting to the tactics of medieval castle guards who barred all strangers at the gate.

But if elected, he will be barred from taking office.

Underparts barred blackish brown and white or buff, chest and malar area darker, spotted with buff or dull white.

Westmoreland made out a smaller structure built of rough-hewn logs and fitted with barred windows.

The devices would be barred from hotel rooms and other private areas.

Soldiers, policemen and prison warders are already barred.

One team of overnight owlers found luck last night with two species, the eastern screech owl and the barred owl.

He is the first researcher to be permanently barred from ever receiving federal research grants again.

The park's rules so infuriated landowners that they barred government officials from entering.

Despite the stigma faced by hybrids, they are not barred from eventually becoming pure breeds.

Both were barred from the securities industry for life.

In some developing countries, diplomats and aid workers are barred from taking the wheel for their own safety.

Parties are barred from forming coalitions to get over it.

Public-sector wages would plunge, banks would crash, the country would be barred from world debt markets for years.

But with the media barred from the morgue, the point was hard to prove.

Individual malefactors may be barred indefinitely from writing in any publication or appearing in electronic media.

Without it, they-or even their children-may find access to college or promotion barred.

Under the suspension, the chapter is barred from holding any meetings or social events.

Upon detecting invaders, it launches a no-holds barred attack--the.

Last year the university also barred faculty members from giving paid promotional talks for drug companies.

Reporters are barred from asking questions, and the panel.

In fact, the university has been barred from offering this online doctoral degree to state residents.

But only if scientists aren't barred from studying them.

Bush that barred the use of federal money for any projects.

During rush hour, men have long been barred from a third of the carriages of metro trains.

The order barred the group from telling anyone it had received the letter.

Before long the pack had surrounded the doomed beast, lunging at it with barred fangs and yelping non-stop in a frenzy.

As a result, researchers should be barred from paying women for their eggs.

Barred from producing aircraft after the war, the company switched to cars.

The barred owl is aggressively displacing remaining spotted owls from their territories.

Those whose names show up on the watch list would face arrest or be barred from flying.

He also is barred from possessing a computer and can only access the internet for e-mail or for doing school work.

On particularly grotty days, all traffic could be barred from certain parts of the city centre.

Firms are still barred from making direct contributions to politicians.

Whites are barred altogether from some sectors, including bakeries and beauty parlours.

The big five were barred from merging and partly protected from foreign interlopers.

He didn't play much now, the local snooker halls had barred him, but he was still sure he could beat almost everyone.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

noun

a relatively long, evenly shaped piece of some solid substance, as metal or wood, used as a guard or obstruction or for some mechanical purpose: the bars of a cage.

an oblong piece of any solid material: a bar of soap; a candy bar.

the amount of material in a bar.

an ingot, lump, or wedge of gold or silver.

a long ridge of sand, gravel, or other material near or slightly above the surface of the water at or near the mouth of a river or harbor entrance, often constituting an obstruction to navigation.

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anything that obstructs, hinders, or impedes; obstacle; barrier: a bar to important legislation.

a counter or place where beverages, especially liquors, or light meals are served to customers: a snack bar; a milk bar.

a barroom or tavern.

(in a home) a counter, small wagon, or similar piece of furniture for serving food or beverages: a breakfast bar.

10.

the legal profession.

11.

the practicing members of the legal profession in a given community.

12.

any tribunal: the bar of public opinion.

13.

a band or strip: a bar of light.

14.

a railing in a courtroom separating the general public from the part of the room occupied by the judges, jury, attorneys, etc.

15.

a crowbar.

16.

Music.

Also called bar line. the line marking the division between two measures of music.

double bar.

the unit of music contained between two bar lines; measure.

17.

Ballet. barre.

18.

Law.

an objection that nullifies an action or claim.

a stoppage or defeat of an alleged right of action.

19.

Typography. a horizontal stroke of a type character, as of an A, H, t, and sometimes e.

20.

Architecture. (in tracery) a relatively long and slender upright of stone treated as a colonette or molded.

21.

Building Trades.

an iron or steel shape: I-bar.

a muntin.

22.

Military. one of a pair of metal or cloth insignia worn by certain commissioned officers.

23.

bars, the transverse ridges on the roof of the mouth of a horse.

24.

a space between the molar and canine teeth of a horse into which the bit is fitted.

25.

(in a bridle) the mouthpiece connecting the cheeks.

26.

bride² (def. 1).

27.

Heraldry. a horizontal band, narrower than a fess, that crosses the field of an escutcheon.

28.

Obsolete. a gateway capable of being barred.

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verb (used with object)

29.

to equip or fasten with a bar or bars: Bar the door before retiring for the night.

30.

to block by or as if by bars: The police barred the exits in an attempt to prevent the thief's escape.

31.

to prevent or hinder: They barred her entrance to the club.

32.

to exclude or except: He was barred from membership because of his reputation.

33.

to mark with bars, stripes, or bands.

preposition

34.

except; omitting; but: bar none.

Idioms

35.

at bar, Law.

before the court and being tried: a case at bar.

before all the judges of a court: a trial at bar.

36.

behind bars, in jail: We wanted the criminal behind bars.

Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English barre < Old French < Vulgar Latin *barra rod, of obscure, perhaps of pre-Latin orig.

Related forms

bar·less, adjective

bar·ra·ble, adjective

un·bar·ra·ble, adjective

Synonyms
1. rod, pole. 5. shoal, reef, bank, sand bar. 6. deterrent, stop. Bar, barrier, barricade mean something put in the way of advance. Bar has the general meaning of hindrance or obstruction: a bar across the doorway. Barrier suggests an impediment to progress or a defensive obstruction (natural or artificial): a trade barrier; a mountain barrier; a road barrier. A barricade is especially a pile of articles hastily gathered or a rude earthwork for protection in street fighting: a barricade of wooden boxes. 7. saloon, café; cocktail lounge. 30, 31. obstruct, deter, impede, barricade. 32. eliminate.

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Etymonline

Word Origin & History

bar

unit of pressure, coined 1903 from Gk. baros "weight," from barys "heavy" (see grave (adj.)).

American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

bar (bär)
n.

The international unit of pressure equal to 1 megadyne (10₆ dyne) per square centimeter or 0.987 atmosphere.
A metal segment of greater length than width which serves to connect two or more parts of a removable partial denture.
A segment of tissue or a tight cellular junction that serves to constrict the passage of fluid, usually urine.

American Heritage

Science Dictionary

bar (bär) Pronunciation Key

A unit used to measure atmospheric pressure. It is equal to a force of 100,000 newtons per square meter of surface area, or 0.987 atmosphere.
An elongated, offshore ridge of sand, gravel, or other unconsolidated sediment, formed by the action of waves or long-shore currents and submerged at least during high tide. Bars are especially common near the mouths of rivers or estuaries.
A ridgelike mound of sand, gravel or silt formed within a stream, along its banks, or at its mouth. Bars form where the stream's current slows down, causing sediment to be deposited.

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