bar

/bɑː/ · noun

Meaning

A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
A solid metal object with uniform (round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular) cross-section; in the US its smallest dimension is 1/4 inch or greater, a piece of thinner material being called a strip.
A cuboid piece of any solid commodity.
A broad shaft, or band, or stripe.
A long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart.
Any of various lines used as punctuation or diacritics, such as the pipe ⟨|⟩, fraction bar (as in 12), and strikethrough (as in Ⱥ), formerly including oblique marks such as the slash.
To obstruct the passage of (someone or something).
To prohibit.
To lock or bolt with a bar.
To imprint or paint with bars, to stripe.
Except, other than, besides.
Denotes the minimum odds offered on other horses not mentioned by name.
A non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals, approximately equal to atmospheric pressure at sea level.

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