bar
1. bar \'ba:r\ n [ME barre, fr. OF] often attrib 1a: a straight piece (as
of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide a nd has any of various
uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) 1b: a solid piece or
block of material usu. rectangular and considerably lo nger than it is wide
2: something that obstructs or prevents passage, progress, or action :
MIMPEDIMENT : as 2a: the complete and permanent destruction of an action or
claim in law; Xalso : a plea or objection that effects such destruction 2b:
any intangible or nonphysical impediment 2c: a submerged or partly
submerged bank (as of sand) along a shore or in a river often obstructing
navigation 3a1: the railing in a courtroom that encloses the place about
the judge whe re prisoners are stationed or where the business of the court
is transacted in civil cases 3a2: COURT, TRIBUNAL 3a3: a particular system
of courts 3a4: any authority or tribunal that renders judgment 3b1: the
barrier in the English Inns of Court that formerly separated the s eats of
the benchers or readers from the body of the hall occupied by the students
3b2: the whole body of barristers or lawyers qualified to practice in any j
urisdiction 3b3: the profession of barrister or lawyer 4: a straight
stripe, band, or line much longer than it is wide : as 4a: one of two or
more horizontal stripes on a heraldic shield 4b: a metal or embroidered
strip worn on a military uniform esp. to indicat e rank or service 5a: a
counter at which food or esp. alcoholic beverages are served 5b: BARROOM
6a: a vertical line across the musical staff before the initial measure acc
ent 6b: MEASURE 7: a lace and embroidery joining covered with buttonhole
stitch for connect ing various parts of the pattern in needlepoint lace and
cutwork
2. bar vt or barred; or bar.ring 1a: to fasten with a bar 1b: to place
bars across to prevent ingress or egress 2: to mark with bars : STRIPE
3a: to confine or shut in by or as if by bars 3b: to set aside : rule out
3c: to keep out : EXCLUDE 4a: to interpose legal objection to or to the
claim of 4b: PREVENT, FORBID
3. bar pp : EXCEPT
4. bar n [G, fr. Gk baros] 1: a unit of pressure equal to one million dynes
per square centimeter 2: the absolute cgs unit of pressure equal to one
dyne per square centimete r