bar

bar has 43 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 3.

Definitions

• n.. 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.
• n.. 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.
• n.. Anything which obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier.
• n.. A bank of sand, gravel, or other matter, esp. at the mouth of a river or harbor, obstructing navigation.
• n.. 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.
• n.. 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.
• n.. The place in court where prisoners are stationed for arraignment, trial, or sentence.
• n.. The whole body of lawyers licensed in a court or district; the legal profession.
• n.. A special plea constituting a sufficient answer to plaintiff's action.
• n.. Any tribunal; as, the bar of public opinion; the bar of God.
• n.. 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.
• n.. An ordinary, like a fess but narrower, occupying only one fifth part of the field.