Synonyms for bar

noun

• a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine; used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War
• the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction
• the act of preventing
• a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
• musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats
• a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background
• a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
• a counter where you can obtain food or drink
• a heating element in an electric fire
• a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises
• an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal
• a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon
• a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore
• (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried
• (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter

verb

• prevent from entering; keep out
• render unsuitable for passage
• expel, as if by official decree
• secure with, or as if with, bars