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Bar

/bɑː/

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

📖 Definitions of "Bar"

noun
  1. 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."

  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.

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

  3. 3

    A cuboid piece of any solid commodity.

    "bar of chocolate"

  4. 4

    A broad shaft, or band, or stripe.

    "a bar of colour"

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