n.
1.a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
2.a counter where you can obtain food or drink
3.a rigid piece of metal or wood
4.musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats
5.an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal
6.the act of preventing
7.(meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter
8.a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore
9.the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction 10.a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax) 11.a portable .30 caliber magazine-fed automatic rifle operated by gas pressure 12.a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises 13.a heating element in an electric fire 14.(law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried bar v.
1.prevent from entering
2.render unsuitable for passage
3.expel, as if by official decree
4.secure with, or as if with, bars
Idiom of the Day
six of one or half-a-dozen of the other
to be the same, to have no difference between two things
It was six of one or half-a-dozen of the other if we should take the train or the airplane. They both arrived at the same time and cost the same.
