English to English
noun
- a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
He drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a counter where you can obtain food or drink
He bought a hot dog and a coke at the bar.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon
There were bars in the windows to prevent escape.
source: WordNet 3.0
- musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats
The orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song.
source: WordNet 3.0
- an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal
It was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar.
source: WordNet 3.0
- the act of preventing
There was no bar against leaving.
Money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza.
source: WordNet 3.0
- (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter
Unfortunately some writers have used bar for one dyne per square centimeter.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore
The boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river.
source: WordNet 3.0
- the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction
He was admitted to the bar in New Jersey.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background
A green toad with small black stripes or bars.
May the Stars and Stripes forever wave.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
A bar of chocolate.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine; used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War
source: WordNet 3.0
- a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises
source: WordNet 3.0
- a heating element in an electric fire
An electric fire with three bars.
source: WordNet 3.0
- (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried
Spectators were not allowed past the bar.
source: WordNet 3.0
- A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especially for a hindrance, obstruction, or fastening; as, the bars of a fence or gate; the bar of a door.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- prevent from entering; keep out
He was barred from membership in the club.
source: WordNet 3.0
- render unsuitable for passage
Block the way.
Barricade the streets.
Stop the busy road.
source: WordNet 3.0
- expel, as if by official decree
He was banished from his own country.
source: WordNet 3.0
- secure with, or as if with, bars
He barred the door.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To fasten with a bar; as, to bar a door or gate.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [bar] Halang; hadlang; sanggá; kapisanan ng mga abogado
source: Diccionario Ingles-Espańol-Tagalog
verb
- [bar] Magtrangká; mághadlang
source: Diccionario Ingles-Espańol-Tagalog
