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bars Synonyms & Antonyms

/ˈbɑː(ɹ)z/

What Is Another Word for Bars?

Instead of bars you can say ban, prohibition or barroom depending on the context.

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Bars as a Noun

1

A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.

The window was protected by steel bars.

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2

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.

Ancient Sparta used iron bars instead of handy coins in more valuable alloy, to physically discourage the use of money.

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3

A cuboid piece of any solid commodity.

bar of chocolate

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4

A broad shaft, or band, or stripe.

a bar of colour

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5

A long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart.

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6

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.

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7

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.

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8

A similar sign indicating that the charge on a particle is negative (and that consequently the particle is in fact an antiparticle).

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9

A business licensed to sell alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises, or the premises themselves; public house.

The street was lined with all-night bars.

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10

The counter of such premises.

Step up to the bar and order a drink.

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11

A counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room.

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12

(by extension, in combinations such as coffee bar, juice bar etc.) Premises or a counter serving any type of beverage.

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13

An establishment where alcohol and sometimes other refreshments are served.

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An informal establishment selling food to be consumed on the premises.

a burger bar

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15

An establishment offering cosmetic services.

a nail bar; a brow bar

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16

An official order or pronouncement that prohibits some activity.

The club has lifted its bar on women members.

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17

Anything that obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier.

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18

(whimsical, derived from fubar) A metasyntactic variable representing an unspecified entity, often the second in a series, following foo.

Suppose we have two objects, foo and bar.

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(Parliament) A dividing line (physical or notional) in the chamber of a legislature beyond which only members and officials may pass.

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20

The railing surrounding the part of a courtroom in which the judges, lawyers, defendants and witnesses stay

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21

"the Bar" or "the bar" The bar exam, the legal licensing exam.

He's studying hard to pass the Bar this time; he's failed it twice before.

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22

(metonym, "the Bar", "the bar") Collectively, lawyers or the legal profession; specifically applied to barristers in some countries but including all lawyers in others.

He was called to the bar, he became a barrister.

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23

One of an array of bar-shaped symbols that display the level of something, such as wireless signal strength or battery life remaining.

I don't have any bars in the middle of this desert.

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24

A vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value.

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25

One of those musical sections.

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26

A horizontal pole that must be crossed in high jump and pole vault

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Any level of achievement regarded as a challenge to be overcome.

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28

(most codes) The crossbar.

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29

The central divider between the inner and outer table of a backgammon board, where stones are placed if they are hit.

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30

An addition to a military medal, on account of a subsequent act

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A linear shoaling landform feature within a body of water.

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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).

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33

One of the ordinaries in heraldry; a fess.

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34

A city gate, in some British place names.

Potter's Bar

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35

A drilling or tamping rod.

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36

A vein or dike crossing a lode.

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37

A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.

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38

The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the centre of the sole.

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(in the plural) The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed.

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A non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals, approximately equal to atmospheric pressure at sea level.

Bars as a Verb

1

To obstruct the passage of (someone or something).

Our way was barred by a huge rockfall.

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2

To prohibit.

I couldn't get into the nightclub because I had been barred.

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3

To lock or bolt with a bar.

bar the door

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4

To imprint or paint with bars, to stripe.

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Bars in a Sentence

The window was protected by steel bars.

Ancient Sparta used iron bars instead of handy coins in more valuable alloy, to physically discourage the use of money.

bar of chocolate

a bar of colour

The street was lined with all-night bars.

Step up to the bar and order a drink.

a burger bar

a nail bar; a brow bar

The club has lifted its bar on women members.

Suppose we have two objects, foo and bar.

He's studying hard to pass the Bar this time; he's failed it twice before.

He was called to the bar, he became a barrister.

I don't have any bars in the middle of this desert.

Potter's Bar

Our way was barred by a huge rockfall.

I couldn't get into the nightclub because I had been barred.

bar the door

Word Forms & Grammar

bars

bars pl (plural only)

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Word Facts for Bars

Part of speechnoun, verb
Pronunciation/ˈbɑː(ɹ)z/
MeaningA solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length
Synonymsban, prohibition and barroom
Pluralonly

Quick Answers About Bars

Is bars a noun or a verb?

Bars is mainly used as a noun, but it can also be used as a verb.

What is a synonym for bars as a noun?

As a noun, synonyms for bars include ban, prohibition, barroom and ginshop.

What is a synonym for bars as a verb?

As a verb, synonyms for bars include block, hinder, obstruct and ban.

What is the plural of bars?

The plural of bars is only.

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