sidebar

[ sahyd-bahr ]
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noun
  1. a typographically distinct section of a page, as in a book or magazine, that amplifies or highlights the main text.

  1. a conference between the judge and lawyers out of the presence of the jury.

  2. a subordinate or incidental issue, remark, activity, etc.

Origin of sidebar

1
First recorded in 1945–50; side1 + bar1

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British Dictionary definitions for sidebar

sidebar

/ (ˈsaɪdˌbɑː) /


noun
  1. (in a newspaper, website, etc) a short article placed alongside and providing additional information about a longer one

  2. any subsidiary or supplementary thing

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