bar
a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,212 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,920 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter also: barroom, saloon, ginmill, taproom he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar
- a counter where you can obtain food or drink he bought a hot dog and a coke at the bar
- 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
- musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats also: measure the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song
- an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal it was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar
- the act of preventing also: prevention there was no bar against leavingmoney was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza
bar in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Oh, two to one bar one, &c.
Punch — Volume 101, November 7, 1891 · Various · Chapter 1
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In the camp, on the hustings, at the bar, in the pulpit.
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1
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Tom saw a heavy iron bar at hand, and knew this would serve to protect him.
Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera · Victor Appleton · Chapter 1
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In due course I followed, and, lifting the bar at the end of the hall, departed without further question asked.
The Mahatma and the Hare: A Dream Story · H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard · Chapter 1
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Bill punched at 'im over the bar, and not being able to reach 'im threw Peter's pot o' beer at 'im.
Bill's Lapse Odd Craft, Part 4. · W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs · Chapter 1