Definition of bars

"bars" in the noun sense

1. barroom, bar, saloon, ginmill, taproom

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

"he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar"

2. bar

a counter where you can obtain food or drink

"he bought a hot dog and a coke at the bar"

3. bar

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

"there were bars in the windows to prevent escape"

4. measure, bar

musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats

"the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song"

5. bar

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

"it was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar"

6. prevention, bar

the act of preventing

"there was no bar against leaving"

"money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza"

7. bar

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

"unfortunately some writers have used bar for one dyne per square centimeter"

8. bar

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

"the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river"

9. legal profession, bar, legal community

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

"he was admitted to the bar in New Jersey"

10. stripe, streak, bar

a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background

"a green toad with small black stripes or bars"

"may the Stars and Stripes forever wave"

11. cake, bar

a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax

"a bar of chocolate"

12. Browning automatic rifle, BAR

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

13. bar

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

14. bar

a heating element in an electric fire

"an electric fire with three bars"

15. bar

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

"spectators were not allowed past the bar"

"bars" in the verb sense

1. bar, debar, exclude

prevent from entering keep out

"He was barred from membership in the club"

2. barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar

render unsuitable for passage

"block the way"

"barricade the streets"

"stop the busy road"

3. banish, relegate, bar

expel, as if by official decree

"he was banished from his own country"

4. bar

secure with, or as if with, bars

"He barred the door"

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Quotations for bars

The rising moon has hid the stars;
Her level rays, like golden bars,
Lie on the landscape green,
With shadows brown between. [ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Endymion ]

These grains of gold are not grains of wheat!
These bars of silver thou canst not eat;
These jewels and pearls and precious stones
Cannot cure the aches in thy bones,
Nor keep the feet of death one hour
From climbing the stairways of thy tower. [ Longfellow ]

Frame your mind to mirth and merriment.
Which bars a thousand harms and lengthens life. [ William Shakespeare ]

No padlocks, bolts, or bars can secure a maiden so well as her own reserve. [ Cervantes ]

The miser is like a lover the excess of whose passion bars the enjoyment of it. [ French ]

To escape from arrangements that tortured me, my heart sought refuge in the world of ideas, when as yet I was unacquainted with the world of realities, from which iron bars excluded me. [ Schiller at his training-school ]

Stick to your aim; the mongrel's hold will slip. But only crow-bars loose the bull-dog's lip; Small as he looks, the jaw that never yields, Drags down the bellowing monarch of the fields. [ O. W. Holmes ]

I see the spectacle of morning from the hilltop over against my house, from daybreak to sunrise, with emotions which an angel might share. The long slender bars of cloud float like fishes in the sea of crimson light. From the earth, as a shore, I look out into that silent sea. I seem to partake its rapid transformations; the active enchantment reaches my dust, and I dilate and conspire with the morning wind. [ Emerson ]

bars in Scrabble®

The word bars is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters bars:

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bars in Words With Friends™

The word bars is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters bars:

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Word Growth involving bars

Shorter words in bars

ar ars

ar bar

Longer words containing bars

backbars

barstool barstools

centibars

cinnabars

crossbars

crowbars

debars sidebars

disbars

drawbars

eyebars

footbars

handlebars

isobars

kilobars

liquidambars

microbars

millibars

rebars

rollbars scrollbars

sandbars

snackbars

taskbars

titlebars

tollbars

toolbars

typebars

unbars