Bar

The window was protected by steel bars.

Ancient Sparta used iron bars instead of handy coins in more valuable alloy, to physically discourage the use of money.

We are expecting a carload of bar tomorrow.

bar of chocolate

bar of soap

a bar of light

a bar of colour

The street was lined with all-night bars.

Step up to the bar and order a drink.

a coffee bar

a juice bar

a burger bar

a local fish bar

The club has lifted its bar on women members.

The Chief Medical Officer of London Transport believes that public opinion against smoking will harden to the point of a total bar on the Underground, as in other countries.

Muſt I new bars to my own joy create?

Sexual preference or orientation shall not be a bar to becoming a foster parent.

Mr Harding could look back on his initial judgement of Paul's talent with great satisfaction while Paul could reflect that to be Irish was not necessarily a bar to progress.

Suppose we have four objects, foo, bar, baz and quux.

He's studying hard to pass the Bar this time; he's failed it twice before.

He was called to the bar.

I don't have any bars in the middle of this desert.

That rapper there, yeah, he got bars.

His musical journey, and this is a quote, is “a constant push and pull between self awareness and delusion”. That’s bars right there to be honest.

to set the bar high/low

to raise the bar

[…] there’s no World War III now, but in the words of the prominent Never Trumper and Atlantic contributor Eliot Cohen, “that’s a pretty low bar.”

Composed play then saw Sam Ricketts nutmeg Ashley Cole before Taylor whipped a fine curling effort over Petr Cech's bar.

Travellers change at Batoum into a steamer which performs the service between that port and Poti, and which has a less draught of water to enable it to cross the bar of the river Rion.

On the fesse are two bars wavy azure for waterways.

Temple Bar, London

Tell Sick Boy tae gie us a bell if ye see um. The bastard owes us twenty fuckin bar.

Our way was barred by a huge rockfall.

'One kiss, my bonny sweetheart, I'm after a prize to-night, / But I shall be back with the yellow gold before the morning light; / Yet, if they press me sharply, and harry me through the day, / Then look for me by moonlight, / Watch for me by moonlight, / I'll come to thee by moonlight, though Hell should bar the way.'

I couldn't get into the nightclub because I had been barred.

to bar the door

I lived in a hut in the yard. To be out of the chaos I would sometimes get into the accountant’s office. It was built of horizontal planks, and so badly put together that, as he bent over his high desk, he was barred from neck to heels with narrow strips of sunlight.

He invited everyone to his wedding bar his ex-wife.

"I might be a fool," the younger man admitted quietly, "even an idiot, but there's not a person living, bar you, who possess the courage to call me a weakling, Sir."

These see the overhead wires installed on all bar the slow lines between Bedford and Wellingborough by next May, with the remaining section completed by August, when the full programme is due to be completed.

Leg At Each Corner is at 3/1, Lost My Shirt 5/1, and it's 10/1 bar.

Barry is there, playing Ms. Pac-Man. "Hey, Bar." "Well, have you met him yet?" Barry asks.

Defense Minister Israel Katz paid a visit to released hostage Bar Kuperstein, who was an off-duty soldier when he was abducted by Hamas terrorists from the Nova party near Re’im on October 7, 2023.

After Spanish actress Penelope Cruz posted an Instagram story showing released Palestinian prisoners reuniting with their families for the first time, Israeli model Bar Refaeli felt compelled to respond.

Anytime you notice your horse is ADR instead of BAR, it's time to get on the phone to your vet.