Bar

Noun

 * 1) A solid, more or less rigid object with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
 * 2)  A solid metal object with uniform (round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular) cross-section; in the US its smallest dimension is .25 inch or greater (US), a piece of thinner material being called a strip.
 * 3) A cuboid piece of any solid commodity.
 * 4) A long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart.
 * 5) A diacritical mark that consists of a line drawn through a grapheme. (For example, turning A into Ⱥ.)
 * 6) A business licensed to sell intoxicating beverages for consumption on the premises, or the premises themselves; public house.
 * 7) The counter of such a premises.
 * 8) A similar device or simply a closet containing alcoholic beverages in a private house or a hotel room.
 * 9) An official order or pronouncement that prohibits some activity.
 * 10)  A metasyntactic variable representing an unspecified entity, often the second in a series, following foo.
 * 11)  The railing surrounding the part of a courtroom in which the judges, lawyers, defendants and witnesses stay
 * 12)  Short for the Bar exam, the legal licensing exam.
 * 13)  A collective term for lawyers; specifically barristers in some countries but including all lawyers in others.
 * 14)  The legal profession of lawyers; specifically barristers in some countries but including all lawyers in others.
 * 15)  A vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value.
 * 16)  One of those musical sections.
 * 17)  A horizontal pole that must be crossed in high jump and pole vault
 * 18)  The crossbar
 * 19)  The central divider between the inner and outer table of a backgammon board, where stones are placed if they are hit.
 * 20) An addition to a military medal, on account of a subsequent act
 * 21) A linear shoaling landform feature within a body of water.
 * 22)  A ridge or succession of ridges of sand or other substance, especially a formation extending across the mouth of a river or harbor or off a beach, and which may obstruct navigation. (FM 55-501).
 * 23)  One of the ordinaries in heraldry; a fess.
 * 24) A generic unit of measure of signal strength for a wireless device such as a cell phone.
 * 25) A unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals.

Verb

 * 1)  To obstruct the passage of (someone or something).
 * 2)  To prohibit.
 * 3)  To lock or bolt with a bar.

Preposition

 * 1) Except, with the exception of.

Adverbs for Bar

 * (prohibit) strongly; unfeelingly; invidiously; inexorably; sullenly; corporeally; legally; determinedly; harshly; ultimately; utterly; unkindly; treacherously.

Adjectives for Bar

 * (obstruction, barrier) basic; formidable; frowning; impassable; protective; forbidding; impenetrable; unscalable.
 * (law) lofty; magisterial; inviolable; relentless; arraigning; ruling; invincible.
 * (law) accuse at—; address—; admit to—; appear before—; arraign  before—;  beseech—; bring to—; cajole—; call to—; defend at—; disagree with—; elect to—; expel from —; influence—; pass—; plead before—; reproach—; resign from—; solicit—; station at—; summon to—; —administers; —advises; —criticizes; —directs; —disciplines; — encourages; —establishes; —exercises; —governs; —grants; —orders; —privileges; —rules.
 * (general) unfeeling; resonant; colossal; extemporized; statutory; invidious; anticipatory; inexorable; sullen; dissolving; alternating (plural); corporeal; multitudinous (plural); legal; oaken; drink-laden.

Verbs for Bar

 * (obstruction, barrier) beat —s; cut —s; escape —s; fence in with —s; strengthen —s; —creates a barrier; — excludes; —hinders; —impedes; —obstructs; —prevents; —prohibits; —restrains.

Thesaurus
abscind, accent, accent mark, achievement, ait, alehouse, alerion, ambo, amputate, animal charge, annihilate, annulet, anticipate, arch dam, archipelago, argent, armorial bearings, armory, arms, aside from, atoll, avert, aviation badge, azure, backstop, badge, bamboo curtain, ban, band, bandeau, bang, banish, bank, bar line, bar out, bar sinister, barrage, barrel house, barricade, barrier, barring, barroom, bate, baton, batten, batten down, beam, bear-trap dam, bearings, beaver dam, beer garden, beer parlor, belt, bench, bend, bend sinister, beside, besides, bespangle, bespeckle, bespot, billet, bind, bistro, blank wall, blazon, blazonry, blind alley, blind gut, blind tiger, block, block up, blockade, blockage, blotch, board, bob, bolt, boom, boozer, bordure, bottleneck, boycott, brace, brake, breakwater, breastwork, brick wall, broad arrow, bucket shop, buffer, buffet, bulkhead, bulkhead in, bullion, bulwark, bung, but, button, button up, cabaret, cadency mark, cafe, cancel, cant hook, cantina, canton, caulk, cay, cecum, chaplet, character, charge, check, checker, checkrein, chevron, chicken, chief, chink, chock, choke, choke off, choke up, choking, choking off, circumscribe, circumscription, clap, claw bar, clip, clog, clog up, close, close off, close out, close tight, close up, coat of arms, cockatrice, cocktail lounge, cofferdam, coin gold, coin silver, confine, congest, congestion, constipate, constipation, constrict, contain, continental island, contract, control, copper, coral head, coral island, coral reef, cork, coronet, costiveness, counsel, count out, counter, cover, crack, crank, craze, crescent, crest, crisscross, crop, cross, cross moline, cross-hatching, crossbar, crosscut, crow, crowbar, crowd, crown, cruciate, cul-de-sac, cull, curb, custos, cut, cut across, cut away, cut off, cut out, dam, dam up, dapple, dash, dead end, debar, debarment, debarring, decussate, defense, deflect, degree, delimit, delimitate, delineation, demarcation, deny, deport, desk, deter, device, diagonal, difference, differencing, difficulty, dike, direct, disallow, discourage, disenable, dishearten, disqualify, ditch, dive, dock, dog, dot, dotted line, dramshop, drinkery, drinking saloon, eagle, earthwork, eliminate, embankment, embargo, embolism, embolus, encumbrance, enjoin, enucleate, epaulet, eradicate, ermine, ermines, erminites, erminois, escritoire, escutcheon, estop, ex, except, except for, excepting, exception, excise, exclude, exclude from, excluding, exclusion, exclusive of, exile, expression mark, extinguish, extirpate, falcon, fasten, fence, fend, fend off, fermata, fess, fess point, field, file, fill, fill up, flagstaff, flake, flanch, flat, fleck, fleur-de-lis, fold, fold up, forbid, ford, foreclose, forestall, foul, freckle, freeze out, fret, fur, fusil, garland, gate, gin mill, gold, gold nugget, gorge, gravity dam, griffin, groggery, grogshop, groin, gules, gyron, hachure, hairline, halt, hamper, handspike, hardship, harlequin, hash mark, hatching, hatchment, hedge, helmet, help, hem, heraldic device, hinder, hindrance, hold, holm, honky-tonk, honor point, hurdle, hydraulic-fill dam, ignore, impalement, impaling, impasse, impede, impediment, inadmissibility, inescutcheon, infarct, infarction, ingot, inhibit, injunction, insignia of branch, insularity, intercross, interdict, intersect, iris, iron crow, iron curtain, island, island group, islandology, isle, jam, jetty, jimmy, keep from, keep off, keep out, key, key signature, knock off, label, latch, lead, leaping weir, leave out, leaving out, lectern, ledger line, legal profession, let alone, levee, lever, lie across, ligature, limb, line, lineation, lion, list, local, lock, lock out, lock up, lockout, logjam, lop, lounge, lozenge, maculate, make impossible, mantling, marble, marbleize, mark, marlinespike, marshaling, martlet, mascle, measure, metal, metronomic mark, milldam, moat, mole, motley, mottle, motto, mound, mullet, mutilate, narrowing, nickel, nightclub, nip, nombril point, nonadmission, notation, nugget, oak leaf, obstacle, obstipate, obstipation, obstruct, obstruction, obviate, occlude, oceanic island, octofoil, omission, omit, omitting, or, ordinary, organization insignia, orle, ostracize, outlaw, outrigger, outside of, overseas bar, pack, padlock, pale, palisade, paly, parachute badge, parapet, pare, pass over, patch, pause, pean, peavey, pedal, peel, pepper, pheon, pick out, picket, pinch bar, pip, pleading, plug, plug up, plumb, pole, polychrome, polychromize, portcullis, pothouse, precious metals, preclude, precluding, preclusion, presa, prevent, prize, prohibit, prohibition, proscribe, prune, pry, pub, public, public house, purpure, quarter, quartering, rail, rainbow, rampart, rathskeller, reef, refuse, reject, rejection, relegate, relegation, repel, representation, repress, repudiate, repudiation, restrict, restriction, ripping bar, roadblock, roadhouse, rock-fill dam, rod, root out, rose, rub, rule out, rummery, rumshop, sable, saloon, saloon bar, saltire, sandbank, sandbar, save, save and except, saving, say no to, scape, score, scutcheon, seal, seal off, seal up, sealing off, seawall, secretaire, secretary, secure, segno, send to Coventry, service stripe, set apart, set aside, shaft, shallow, shallows, shave, shear, shelf, shield, shoal, shoal water, shoulder patch, shoulder sleeve insignia, shut, shut off, shut out, shut the door, shut tight, shut up, shutter dam, sign, signature, silver, slab, slam, slash, slur, snag, snap, space, spangle, spar, speakeasy, speck, speckle, spile, splotch, spot, spread eagle, sprinkle, squeeze, squeeze shut, staff, stalk, stamp out, stanch, stand, star, stave, stave off, stay, stem, stench, stick, stifle, stigmatize, stipple, stone wall, stop, stop up, stoppage, stopper, stopple, strangle, strangulate, strangulation, streak, streaking, stria, striate, striation, striature, striga, strike off, string, striola, strip, strip off, stripe, striping, stroke, stud, stuff, stuff up, stumbling block, sublineation, submarine badge, subordinary, suffocate, suppress, suspend, swell, symbol, table, taboo, take off, take out, tap, taproom, tattoo, tavern, tempo mark, tenne, tessellate, than, tidal flats, tie, time signature, tincture, tongue, torse, totem pole, transverse, traverse, treadle, tressure, tribunal, truncate, turn aside, underline, underlining, underscore, underscoring, unicorn, unless, vair, variegate, vein, vert, vicissitude, vinculum, virgule, wall, ward off, watering place, weir, wetlands, wicket dam, wine shop, wipe out, without, work, workbench, wreath, wrecking bar, writing table, yale, yellow stuff, zip up, zipper

Etymology 1
From barre:, from  barre:

Etymology 2
From βάρος:, coined c. 1900.

Synonyms

 * barroom, ginshop, pub (British), public house, tavern
 * ban, prohibition
 * measure
 * block, hinder, obstruct
 * ban, interdict, prohibit
 * apart from, barring, except, except for, excluding, other than, save
 * apart from, barring, except, except for, excluding, other than, save

Related terms

 * isobar