Bar vs. Measure

Barnoun

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

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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.

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A cuboid piece of any solid commodity.

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A broad shaft, or band, or stripe.

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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.

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

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An establishment where alcohol and sometimes other refreshments are served.

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

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An official order or pronouncement that prohibits some activity.

Barnoun

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

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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.

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

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

Barnoun

The crossbar.

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(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.

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(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.

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(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.

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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.

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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

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the heating element of an electric fire.

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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).

Measurenoun

A prescribed quantity or extent.

Measurenoun

(obsolete) Moderation, temperance.

Measurenoun

A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.)

Measurenoun

An (unspecified) portion or quantity.

Measurenoun

The act or result of measuring.

Measurenoun

A receptacle or vessel of a standard size, capacity etc. as used to deal out specific quantities of some substance.

Measurenoun

A standard against which something can be judged; a criterion.

Measurenoun

Any of various standard units of capacity.

Measurenoun

A unit of measurement.

Measurenoun

The size of someone or something, as ascertained by measuring. (Now chiefly in make to measure.)

Measurenoun

The act or process of measuring.

Measurenoun

A ruler, measuring stick, or graduated tape used to take measurements.

Measurenoun

A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; a divisor or factor.

Measurenoun

(geology) A bed or stratum.

Measurenoun

(mathematics) A function that assigns a non-negative number to a given set following the mathematical nature that is common among length, volume, probability and the like.

Measurenoun

Metrical rhythm.

Measurenoun

A melody.

Measurenoun

A dance.

Measurenoun

(poetry) The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a metrical foot.

Measurenoun

(music) A musical designation consisting of all notes and or rests delineated by two vertical bars; an equal and regular division of the whole of a composition; a bar.

Measurenoun

A course of action.

Measurenoun

(in plural) Actions designed to achieve some purpose; plans.

Measurenoun

A piece of legislation.

Measureverb

To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.

Measureverb

To be of (a certain size), to have (a certain measurement)

Measureverb

To estimate the unit size of something.

Measureverb

To judge, value, or appraise.

Measureverb

To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments.

Measureverb

(rare) To traverse, cross, pass along; to travel over.

Measureverb

To adjust by a rule or standard.

Measureverb

To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; often with out or off.

Measurenoun

A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and stated; hence, a rule by which anything is adjusted or judged.

Measurenoun

An instrument by means of which size or quantity is measured, as a graduated line, rod, vessel, or the like.

Measurenoun

The dimensions or capacity of anything, reckoned according to some standard; size or extent, determined and stated; estimated extent; as, to take one's measure for a coat.

Measurenoun

The contents of a vessel by which quantity is measured; a quantity determined by a standard; a stated or limited quantity or amount.

Measurenoun

Extent or degree not excessive or beyong bounds; moderation; due restraint; esp. in the phrases, in measure; with measure; without or beyond measure.

Measurenoun

Determined extent, not to be exceeded; limit; allotted share, as of action, influence, ability, or the like; due proportion.

Measurenoun

The quantity determined by measuring, especially in buying and selling; as, to give good or full measure.

Measurenoun

Undefined quantity; extent; degree.

Measurenoun

Regulated division of movement

Measurenoun

A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; as in the phrases, the common measure, the greatest common measure, etc., of two or more numbers; a denominator. See common denominator under denominator.

Measurenoun

A step or definite part of a progressive course or policy; a means to an end; an act designed for the accomplishment of an object; as, political measures; prudent measures; an inefficient measure.

Measurenoun

The act of measuring; measurement.

Measurenoun

Beds or strata; as, coal measures; lead measures.

Measureverb

To ascertain by use of a measuring instrument; to compute or ascertain the extent, quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by a certain rule or standard; to take the dimensions of; hence, to estimate; to judge of; to value; to appraise.

Measureverb

To serve as the measure of; as, the thermometer measures changes of temperature.

Measureverb

To pass throught or over in journeying, as if laying off and determining the distance.

Measureverb

To adjust by a rule or standard.

Measureverb

To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; - often with out or off.

Measureverb

To make a measurement or measurements.

Measureverb

To result, or turn out, on measuring; as, the grain measures well; the pieces measure unequally.

Measureverb

To be of a certain size or quantity, or to have a certain length, breadth, or thickness, or a certain capacity according to a standard measure; as, cloth measures three fourths of a yard; a tree measures three feet in diameter.

Measurenoun

the act or process of measuring;

Measurenoun

a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated;

Measurenoun

how much there is of something that you can quantify

Measurenoun

any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal;

Measurenoun

a statute in draft before it becomes law;

Measurenoun

(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

Measurenoun

musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats;

Measurenoun

measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements

Measureverb

determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of;

Measureverb

express as a number or measure or quantity;

Measureverb

have certain dimensions;

Measureverb

place a value on; judge the worth of something;