bar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- able adj Having the power, skill, resources, or opportunity to do something.
- bar noun A place that sells alcoholic drinks to be consumed on the premises, or the counter inside it.
- bare adj Not covered by clothing, decoration, or any other covering; exposed.
- barroom noun A room, especially in a hotel or pub, where alcoholic drinks are served.
- bear noun A large, heavily built mammal with thick fur, found across much of the world, ranging from mostly plant-eating to fully carnivorous species.
- beaver noun A large semi-aquatic rodent known for gnawing down trees and building dams with the wood.
- cash noun Physical money — banknotes and coins — rather than cheques or card payments.
- pub noun A public house that serves drinks, especially beer, and often food, common in Britain and Ireland.
Senses
bar is used for these senses in English:
- able Able to be done; fit to be done.
- ible An adjective suffix, now usually in a passive sense; forms adjectives meaning "able to be", "relevant or suitable to, in accordance with", or expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense.
- bar A non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals, slightly less than atmospheric pressure at sea level.
- bar (mathematics) The sign indicating that the characteristic of a logarithm is negative, conventionally placed above the digit(s) to show that it applies to the characteristic only and not to the mantissa.
- bar The counter of such premises.
- bar A counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room.
- bar (music) A vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value.
- bar (transitive) To obstruct the passage of (someone or something).
able — full definition
- adj Having the power, skill, resources, or opportunity to do something.
- adj Skilled or competent.
bar — full definition
- noun A place that sells alcoholic drinks to be consumed on the premises, or the counter inside it.
- noun A rigid piece of metal, wood, or similar material, much longer than it is wide.
- noun A block-shaped piece of a solid substance, especially soap or chocolate.
- noun Something that blocks or prevents progress; an obstacle.
- noun The legal profession, or the examination lawyers must pass to practise.