bar

1. noun

1)

an iron bar

Syn:

rod, pole, stick, batten, shaft, rail, paling, spar, strut, crosspiece, beam

2)

a bar of chocolate

Syn:

block, slab, cake, tablet, brick, loaf, wedge, ingot

3)

your drinks are on the bar

Syn:

counter, table, buffet, stand

4)

she had a drink in a bar

Syn:

tavern, cocktail lounge, barroom, taproom, pub, after-hours club, lounge, nightclub, speakeasy, roadhouse, beer hall, boîte, club, inn, rathskeller, cantina, bodega; singles bar, sports bar; informal watering hole, gin mill, dive, nineteenth hole, Brit. public house; historical saloon, alehouse

5)

a bar to promotion

Syn:

obstacle, impediment, hindrance, obstruction, block, hurdle, barrier, stumbling block

Ant:

aid

6)

members of the Bar

Syn:

lawyers, barristers, advocates, counsel, counselors; chiefly Brit. solicitors

7)

the bar across the river mouth

Syn:

sandbar, sandbank, shoal, shallow, reef

2. verb

1)

they have barred the door

Syn:

bolt, lock, fasten, secure, block, barricade, obstruct

Ant:

open, unlock

2)

I was barred from entering

Syn:

prohibit, debar, preclude, forbid, ban, interdict, inhibit; exclude, keep out; obstruct, hinder, block; Law enjoin

Ant:

accept, admit

3. preposition

everyone bar me

See except 1.