[ C ] a strong pole, esp. one made of metal, used as a support, to force something to move, or to block an opening:

[ C ] A bar is also any of various small objects having a rectangular shape:

[ C ] a place, sometimes within a restaurant, where alcoholic drinks are served, or a long, high table in such a place along which people stand or sit while drinking:

[ C ] also measure one of the small equal parts into which a piece of music is divided, containing a fixed number of beats:

[ C ] also measure A bar is also one of the vertical lines that divide a piece of music into equal parts.

[ U ] all lawyers considered as a group:

to prevent someone from doing something or going somewhere:

to put a strong pole or poles across an opening:

except for:

something that prevents a particular event or development from happening:

LAW to prevent something or someone from doing something or going somewhere, or to refuse to allow something:

UK the group of barristers (= lawyers who are allowed to argue a case in a higher court), or the profession of such lawyers:

US all lawyers considered as a group, or the profession of law: