bar
- noun
- /bɑr/
- Jargon
- The public must remain behind the bar during the trial proceedings.
Examples
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The lawyer approached the bar to present the evidence before the judge.
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We are told that customs and conventions should be brought before the bar of reason or conscience.
Academic text (2000) -
I could see the three women clearly through the bars on the sides and the front of the room.
Fiction book (1994) -
But neither law nor religion allows for any handicapping before the bar of justice.
Academic text (2006) -
JAIL - DAY CLOSE on Ned's face jammed against the bars of the cell in the County Office.
Fiction book (1993) -
The room inside had green spatter linoleum and bars across the windows.
Fiction book (1996) -
A witness stood by the bar to testify in front of the court.
Idioms
Compounds
A Jewish ceremony for a boy on his thirteenth birthday marking his religious responsibilities
- Specialized
A metal bar under a car that reduces how much the car leans in turns
- Specialized
A vertical line on a music staff that shows where one group of beats ends and the next begins
- Specialized
A strong metal bar inside a vehicle that protects people if it flips over
A long strong iron bar with a flat or forked end that you use to force things apart
A horizontal bar fixed at a height for lifting your body until your chin is above it
- Offensive
A system that keeps people of different races apart and often denies rights to Black people
- Specialized
A pair of vertical lines in written music that show the end of a main section or the whole piece
- Specialized
A symbol in programming that returns true when one or both conditions are true
- Archaic
A machine that prints a whole line at once by hitting paper with a moving bar
- Archaic
A diagonal band on a shield in heraldry running from the upper right to the lower left
- Specialized
A unit of pressure measured from complete vacuum and equal to the air pressure at sea level
A table game like pool where short cues hit balls into holes while knocking wooden pegs loses points
- Specialized
A solid metal bar that sits in a horse's mouth to help the rider control the horse
- US
A protective face guard made of metal bars used by the catcher in baseball or softball
- Specialized
A straight rectangular piece of metal that attracts iron and has opposite poles at each end
- Specialized
An arch of bone or flexible tissue at the side of a fish's throat that supports the gills
A single metal pole fixed high between two posts that gymnasts swing and perform moves on
- Specialized
A metal rod in a sewing machine that holds and moves the needle up and down
- US
A long heavy metal tool with a flat chisel end for prying and a curved claw end for pulling nails
- Specialized
A long heavy tool for packing material tightly into a hole or small space
A ski lift with a T-shaped bar that pulls skiers or snowboarders uphill as they hold it
- Specialized
A metal bar under a vehicle that twists to act like a spring and absorb shocks
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bar for the courtroom partition comes from an old word for a 'bar' or beam that separates areas in a room, which is why only certain people may go past the bar.