Bar vs. Pub

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.

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(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.

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(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.

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

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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(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.

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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.

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

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A linear shoaling landform feature within a body of water.

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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).

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

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A city gate, in some British place names.

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(mining) A drilling or tamping rod.

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(mining) A vein or dike crossing a lode.

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(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.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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A drilling or tamping rod.

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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;

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a counter where you can obtain food or drink;

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

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musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats;

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

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the act of preventing;

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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a heating element in an electric fire;

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(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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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an establishment where alcohol and sometimes other refreshments are served

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

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a barrier or restriction to an action or advance

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a plea suspending an action or claim in a lawsuit.

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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

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

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

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the profession of barrister

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barristers collectively.

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lawyers collectively.

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a particular court of law.

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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).

Pubnoun

A public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed, also providing food and sometimes entertainment such as live music or television.

Pubnoun

A public server.

Pubverb

To go to one or more public houses.

Pubverb

to publish

Pubnoun

tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals

Pub

A pub (short for public house) is an establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term public house first appeared in the late 17th century, and was used to differentiate private houses from those which were, quite literally, open to the public as 'alehouses', 'taverns' and 'inns'.