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bar

The correct spelling is bar.

How to pronounce bar

/bɑː/
noun

IPA: /bɑː/

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The correct spelling is bar. A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length. For example: "The window was protected by steel bars."

Usage Examples

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

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
  2. 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.
  3. 3.A cuboid piece of any solid commodity.
  4. 4.A broad shaft, or band, or stripe.
  5. 5.A long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart.

verb

  1. 1.To obstruct the passage of (someone or something).
  2. 2.To prohibit.
  3. 3.To lock or bolt with a bar.
  4. 4.To imprint or paint with bars, to stripe.

preposition

  1. 1.Except, other than, besides.
  2. 2.Denotes the minimum odds offered on other horses not mentioned by name.

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