Bar vs. Beam

Barnoun

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

Barnoun

A solid metal object with uniform (round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular) cross-section; in the US its smallest dimension is .25 inch or greater, a piece of thinner material being called a strip.

Barnoun

A cuboid piece of any solid commodity.

Barnoun

A broad shaft, or band, or stripe.

Barnoun

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

Barnoun

(typography) Various lines used as punctuation or diacritics, such as the pipe ⟨{{!}}⟩, fraction bar (as in 1 2 ), and strikethrough (as in Ⱥ), formerly inclusive of oblique marks such as the slash.

Barnoun

(mathematics) 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.

Barnoun

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

Barnoun

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

Barnoun

The counter of such a premises.

Barnoun

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

Barnoun

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Barnoun

An establishment where alcohol and sometimes other refreshments are served.

Barnoun

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

Barnoun

An official order or pronouncement that prohibits some activity.

Barnoun

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

Barnoun

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Barnoun

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

Barnoun

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

Barnoun

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

Barnoun

A collective term for lawyers or the legal profession; specifically applied to barristers in some countries but including all lawyers in others.

Barnoun

(telecommunications) A bar-shaped symbol that denotes levels of reception, or reception itself.

Barnoun

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

Barnoun

(music) One of those musical sections.

Barnoun

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

Barnoun

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

Barnoun

The crossbar.

Barnoun

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

Barnoun

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

Barnoun

A linear shoaling landform feature within a body of water.

Barnoun

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).

Barnoun

(heraldry) One of the ordinaries in heraldry; a fess.

Barnoun

A city gate, in some British place names.

Barnoun

(mining) A drilling or tamping rod.

Barnoun

(mining) A vein or dike crossing a lode.

Barnoun

(architecture) A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.

Barnoun

(farriery) 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.

Barnoun

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

Barnoun

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

Barverb

(transitive) To obstruct the passage of (someone or something).

Barverb

(transitive) To prohibit.

Barverb

(transitive) To lock or bolt with a bar.

Barverb

To imprint or paint with bars, to stripe.

Barpreposition

Except, other than, besides.

Barpreposition

(horse racing) Denotes the minimum odds offered on other horses not mentioned by name.

Barnoun

A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especially for a hindrance, obstruction, or fastening; as, the bars of a fence or gate; the bar of a door.

Barnoun

An indefinite quantity of some substance, so shaped as to be long in proportion to its breadth and thickness; as, a bar of gold or of lead; a bar of soap.

Barnoun

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

Barnoun

A bank of sand, gravel, or other matter, esp. at the mouth of a river or harbor, obstructing navigation.

Barnoun

Any railing that divides a room, or office, or hall of assembly, in order to reserve a space for those having special privileges; as, the bar of the House of Commons.

Barnoun

The railing that incloses the place which counsel occupy in courts of justice. Hence, the phrase at the bar of the court signifies in open court.

Barnoun

Any tribunal; as, the bar of public opinion; the bar of God.

Barnoun

A barrier or counter, over which liquors and food are passed to customers; hence, the portion of the room behind the counter where liquors for sale are kept.

Barnoun

An ordinary, like a fess but narrower, occupying only one fifth part of the field.

Barnoun

A broad shaft, or band, or stripe; as, a bar of light; a bar of color.

Barnoun

A vertical line across the staff. Bars divide the staff into spaces which represent measures, and are themselves called measures.

Barnoun

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

Barnoun

A drilling or tamping rod.

Barnoun

A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.

Barverb

To fasten with a bar; as, to bar a door or gate.

Barverb

To restrict or confine, as if by a bar; to hinder; to obstruct; to prevent; to prohibit; as, to bar the entrance of evil; distance bars our intercourse; the statute bars my right; the right is barred by time; a release bars the plaintiff's recovery; - sometimes with up.

Barverb

To except; to exclude by exception.

Barverb

To cross with one or more stripes or lines.

Barnoun

a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter;

Barnoun

a counter where you can obtain food or drink;

Barnoun

a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon;

Barnoun

musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats;

Barnoun

an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal;

Barnoun

the act of preventing;

Barnoun

(meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter;

Barnoun

a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore;

Barnoun

the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction;

Barnoun

a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax);

Barnoun

a portable .30 caliber magazine-fed automatic rifle operated by gas pressure; used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War

Barnoun

a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises

Barnoun

a heating element in an electric fire;

Barnoun

(law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried;

Barverb

prevent from entering; keep out;

Barverb

render unsuitable for passage;

Barverb

expel, as if by official decree;

Barverb

secure with, or as if with, bars;

Barnoun

a long rigid piece of wood, metal, or similar material, typically used as an obstruction, fastening, or weapon

Barnoun

an amount of food or another substance formed into a narrow block

Barnoun

a band of colour or light

Barnoun

the heating element of an electric fire.

Barnoun

the crossbar of a goal

Barnoun

a metal strip below the clasp of a medal, awarded as an additional distinction

Barnoun

a sandbank or shoal at the mouth of a harbour or an estuary

Barnoun

a charge in the form of a narrow horizontal stripe across the shield.

Barnoun

a counter in a pub, restaurant, or cafe across which drinks or refreshments are served

Barnoun

a room in a pub, restaurant, or hotel in which alcohol is served

Barnoun

an establishment where alcohol and sometimes other refreshments are served

Barnoun

a small shop, stall, or area in a department store that serves refreshments or provides a specified service

Barnoun

a barrier or restriction to an action or advance

Barnoun

a plea suspending an action or claim in a lawsuit.

Barnoun

any of the short sections or measures, typically of equal time value, into which a piece of music is divided, shown on a score by vertical lines across the stave

Barnoun

a partition in a court room, now usually notional, beyond which most people may not pass and at which an accused person stands

Barnoun

a rail marking the end of each chamber in the Houses of Parliament

Barnoun

the profession of barrister

Barnoun

barristers collectively.

Barnoun

lawyers collectively.

Barnoun

a particular court of law.

Barnoun

a unit of pressure equivalent to a hundred thousand newtons per square metre or approximately one atmosphere.

Barverb

fasten (something, especially a door or window) with a bar or bars

Barverb

prevent or prohibit (someone) from doing something or from going somewhere

Barverb

forbid someone from undertaking (an activity)

Barverb

exclude (something) from consideration

Barverb

prevent or delay (an action) by objection.

Barverb

mark (something) with bars or stripes

Barpreposition

except for

Barpreposition

except the horses indicated (used when stating the odds).

Beamnoun

Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.

Beamnoun

One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building; one of the transverse members of a ship's frame on which the decks are laid — supported at the sides by knees in wooden ships and by stringers in steel ones.

Beamnoun

(nautical) The maximum width of a vessel.

Beamnoun

The crossbar of a mechanical balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended.

Beamnoun

The principal stem of the antler of a deer.

Beamnoun

(literary) The pole of a carriage or chariot.

Beamnoun

(textiles) A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving and the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven.

Beamnoun

The straight part or shank of an anchor.

Beamnoun

The central bar of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that draw it.

Beamnoun

In steam engines, a heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft.

Beamnoun

A ray or collection of approximately parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body.

Beamnoun

(figuratively) A ray; a gleam.

Beamnoun

One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk.

Beamnoun

(music) A horizontal bar which connects the stems of two or more notes to group them and to indicate metric value.

Beamnoun

(railway) An elevated rectangular dirt pile used to cheaply build an elevated portion of a railway.

Beamverb

(ambitransitive) To emit beams of light; shine; radiate.

Beamverb

(transitive) To furnish or supply with beams

Beamverb

(transitive) To give the appearance of beams to.

Beamverb

To transmit matter or information via a high-tech wireless mechanism.

Beamverb

To stretch something (for example an animal hide) on a beam.

Beamnoun

Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.

Beamnoun

One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building or ship.

Beamnoun

The width of a vessel; as, one vessel is said to have more beam than another.

Beamnoun

The bar of a balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended.

Beamnoun

The principal stem or horn of a stag or other deer, which bears the antlers, or branches.

Beamnoun

The pole of a carriage.

Beamnoun

A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving; also, the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven; one being called the fore beam, the other the back beam.

Beamnoun

The straight part or shank of an anchor.

Beamnoun

The main part of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that draw it.

Beamnoun

A heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft; - called also working beam or walking beam.

Beamnoun

A ray or collection of parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body; as, a beam of light, or of heat.

Beamnoun

A ray; a gleam; as, a beam of comfort.

Beamnoun

One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk; - called also beam feather.

Beamverb

To send forth; to emit; - followed ordinarily by forth; as, to beam forth light.

Beamverb

To emit beams of light.

Beamnoun

a signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides pilots in darkness or bad weather

Beamnoun

long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction

Beamnoun

a column of light (as from a beacon)

Beamnoun

a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation

Beamnoun

(nautical) breadth amidships

Beamnoun

a gymnastic apparatus used by women gymnasts

Beamverb

smile radiantly; express joy through one's facial expression

Beamverb

emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light;

Beamverb

express with a beaming face or smile;

Beamverb

broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television;

Beamverb

especially of the complexion: show a strong bright color, such as red or pink;

Beamverb

experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion;

Beamnoun

a long, sturdy piece of squared timber or metal used to support the roof or floor of a building

Beamnoun

a narrow, raised horizontal piece of squared timber on which a gymnast balances while performing exercises

Beamnoun

a horizontal piece of squared timber or metal supporting the deck and joining the sides of a ship

Beamnoun

the direction of an object visible from the port or starboard side of a ship when it is perpendicular to the centre line of the vessel

Beamnoun

a ship's breadth at its widest point

Beamnoun

the width of a person's hips

Beamnoun

the main stem of a stag's antler

Beamnoun

the crossbar of a balance.

Beamnoun

an oscillating shaft which transmits the vertical piston movement of a beam engine to the crank or pump.

Beamnoun

the shank of an anchor.

Beamnoun

the main timber of a horse-drawn plough.

Beamnoun

a ray or shaft of light

Beamnoun

a directional flow of particles or radiation

Beamnoun

a series of radio or radar signals emitted as a navigational guide for ships or aircraft

Beamnoun

a radiant or good-natured look or smile

Beamverb

transmit (a radio signal or broadcast) in a specified direction

Beamverb

(in science fiction) transport someone instantaneously to or from a spaceship

Beamverb

(of a light or light source) shine brightly

Beamverb

smile radiantly

Beamverb

express (an emotion) with a radiant smile