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Nocturnal activities, especially visiting nightclubs
A bulk quantity of gold, assessed by weight and typically cast as ingots
A sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness
Gymnastics apparatus with two horizontal bars of different heights used by women
Plural for a long rigid piece of wood, metal, or similar material
“Johnson was reported to have rescued a woman from a feral kid who was wielding an iron bar, chasing the boy away on his bicycle.”
Plural for a long, relatively straight region of a single color or pattern
“Their new uniforms were predominantly black in color, with a large bar of red running through the middle.”
Plural for a (physical or figurative) barrier or restriction to an action or advance
“If too rigidly enforced, the existence of copyright could become a tool for censorship, or a bar to the free circulation of ideas.”
Plural for an official or legal prohibition or interdiction
“In retaliation, Spain in 1618 imposed a bar on the trade between its duchy of Milan and the Grisons.”
Plural for an establishment where alcohol and sometimes other refreshments are served
“She had counted on unwinding with a few drinks at the bar, deciding how she would spend the fruits of all her hard work.”
Plural for a counter in a pub, restaurant, or cafe across which drinks or refreshments are served
“In most pubs, you order your drinks at the bar, pay there, and take your drinks back to your seat or wherever you were standing.”
Plural for members of a court of law or the legal profession, collectively
“He returned to Lahore and joined the bar as a barrister, though he never took his profession of law seriously while pursuing his poetic interests.”
Plural for an amount of something formed into a narrow block
“He picked up a bar of gold in his hands and, turning it over, discovered a tiny crown chiseled into one of the corners.”
Plural for a sandbank or shoal at the mouth of a harbor or an estuary
“If a tench wants to move from one side of a bar to the other, it essentially has two options.”
Plural for a standard against which others of the same type are compared
“Their piano player, Jackie Marshall, set the bar by which all quartet pianists would be measured.”
Plural for an entertainment venue that is typically open from the evening until early morning
Plural for a thin straight bar, especially of wood or metal
Plural for a barrier, railing, or other upright structure enclosing an area
Plural for a ray or shaft of light
Plural for a mechanism for keeping a door, window, lid, or container fastened
Plural for a rigid bar designed to aid in lifting or forcing things apart
Plural for a naturally raised area of land
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Plural for an eating establishment in which diners are served food at their tables
Plural for a large mass of organic material piled up or carried along by the wind
Plural for a place for meeting and socializing with others
Plural for a long, sturdy piece of timber or metal
Plural for a vertical line in musical notation used to separate two bars or measures
Plural for a hinged barrier used to close an opening in a wall, fence, or hedge
Plural for a narrow horizontal surface projecting from a wall, cliff, or other surface
Plural for a horizontal line over the top of some of the terms in an arithmetic expression
Plural for a part of a literary work forming one row of written or printed words
Plural for a metal bar used to start an engine
Plural for the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting
Plural for a support on which to rest the feet
Plural for a narrow strip of land that connects two larger land masses
Plural for metasyntactic variable
Plural for a contiguous area of land totally surrounded by water
Plural for a rod or pin serving as an axis that revolves or on which something revolves
To lock, bolt or secure with a bar
“His soldiers had to beat back the flood of invaders with swords and spears to close and bar the gates.”
To block or seal off a place, such as with a barrier
“Howe then went back to bar the entrance to the port against the French fleet.”
To prohibit the participation, consideration, or inclusion of
“The lawsuit challenged the application of three Pennsylvania Court Rules that bar the public from using audio recording devices in court.”
To deny admittance to someone
“The establishment has the right to bar troublemakers from their premises.”
To obstruct the passage or progression of
“Legal institutions do not allow such workers to have political agency, and thus, they bar their efforts to engage in self-determination.”
To put or make stripes on
“Through the thin curtains, the streetlamps bar the walls with prison patterns.”
To prohibit or interdict the participation or inclusion of
To impede the work or ability of, especially intending to cause failure
To section off a physical space or area
To imprison or incarcerate someone
To fail to include
To halt an activity or task temporarily
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