—bar /bɑːr/ aep /bɑːr/
noun [C] (US ALSO measure) (MUSIC)
► F0 one of the small equal parts into which a piece of music is divided, containing a fixed number of beats: » Waltzes have three beats in/to the bar (= in each bar).See picture: (UK) bar/(US) measure 
See picture: (UK) bar/(US) measure
Thesaurus+: ↑Beats or lengths of musical notes
noun [C] (DRINKING PLACE)
► A1 a place where drinks, especially alcoholic drinks, are sold and drunk, or the area in such a place where the person serving the drinks stands: » They noticed him going into the hotel bar.» There weren't any free tables, so I sat at the bar.» Why don't you ask the guy behind the bar (= serving drinks there)?See picture: bar Thesaurus+: ↑Selling and serving alcoholic drinksThesaurus+: ↑Public entertainment venues
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Extra Examples:» As a general rule, we don't allow children in the bar.» You'll find her in the bar almost every evening about six o'clock.» The hotel bar is open to non-residents.» She roamed around America for a year, working in bars and restaurants.» She fell into a conversation with a man at the bar.noun [C] (LONG PIECE)
B2 a long, thin, straight piece of metal or wood:
» The gorilla rattled the bars of its cage.See picture: metal bar Thesaurus+: ↑Poles, rods, shafts and sticks
B1 a substance that has been made into a solid rectangular shape:
» a bar of soap» a chocolate barSee picture: bar of soap Thesaurus+: ↑Patterns and shapes
F0 The bar of an electric heater is a long, thin wire in the shape of a spring that is wrapped tightly around a tube. When electricity passes through it, it produces heat and red light.
See picture: (UK) bar Thesaurus+: ↑Heaters and burners
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Extra Examples:» He was chomping away on a bar of chocolate.» Some maniac was running down the street waving a massive metal bar.» a candy bar» "Would you get me a bar of chocolate from the kitchen?" "Another one?!"» Loop the rope over the bar.noun [C] (ON UNIFORM)
► F0 US FOR STRIPE(Cf. ↑stripe) (ON UNIFORM)Thesaurus+: ↑Bands, straps and stripsnoun [C] (PREVENTING)
► C2 [usually singular] something that prevents a particular event or development from happening: » A lack of formal education is no bar to becoming rich.Thesaurus+: ↑Preventing and impeding , ↑Limiting and restrictingpreposition FORMAL
► F0 except: » Everyone is leaving the village, bar the very old and ill.» They're the best songwriters of this century, bar none (= no one else is better).Thesaurus+: ↑Excludingverb [T] (-rr-) (CLOSE) ↑Verb Endings for bar
► F0 to put bars across something, especially to keep it closed: » We barred the door to stop anyone getting into the room.Thesaurus+: ↑Locking and boltingverb [T] (-rr-) (PREVENT) ↑Verb Endings for bar
► F0 to prevent something or someone from doing something or going somewhere, or to not allow something: » The centre of the town was barred to (US USUALLY barred off to) football supporters.» The incident led to him being barred from the country/barred from playing for England.» I tried to push past her but she barred my way/path (= stood in front of me and prevented me from getting past).Thesaurus+: ↑Forbidding and banning thingsThesaurus+: ↑Punishing and punishments , ↑Punishing by causing pain , ↑Hitting and beating