Bar Definition–noun | 1. | a relatively long, evenly shaped piece of some solid substance, as metal or wood, used as a guard or obstruction or for some mechanical purpose: the bars of a cage. |
| 2. | an oblong piece of any solid material: a bar of soap; a candy bar. |
| 3. | the amount of material in a bar. |
| 4. | an ingot, lump, or wedge of gold or silver. |
| 5. | a long ridge of sand, gravel, or other material near or slightly above the surface of the water at or near the mouth of a river or harbor entrance, often constituting an obstruction to navigation. |
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| 6. | anything that obstructs, hinders, or impedes; obstacle; barrier: a bar to important legislation. |
| 7. | a counter or place where beverages, esp. liquors, or light meals are served to customers: a snack bar; a milk bar. |
| 9. | (in a home) a counter, small wagon, or similar piece of furniture for serving food or beverages: a breakfast bar. |
| 11. | the practicing members of the legal profession in a given community. |
| 12. | any tribunal: the bar of public opinion. |
| 13. | a band or strip: a bar of light. |
| 14. | a railing in a courtroom separating the general public from the part of the room occupied by the judges, jury, attorneys, etc. |
| 16. | Music. | a. | Also called bar line. the line marking the division between two measures of music. |
| c. | the unit of music contained between two bar lines; measure. |
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| 18. | Law. | a. | an objection that nullifies an action or claim. |
| b. | a stoppage or defeat of an alleged right of action. |
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| 19. | Typography. a horizontal stroke of a type character, as of an A, H, t, and sometimes e. |
| 20. | Architecture. (in tracery) a relatively long and slender upright of stone treated as a colonette or molded. |
| 21. | Building Trades. | a. | an iron or steel shape: I-bar. |
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| 22. | Military. one of a pair of metal or cloth insignia worn by certain commissioned officers. |
| 23. | bars, the transverse ridges on the roof of the mouth of a horse. |
| 24. | a space between the molar and canine teeth of a horse into which the bit is fitted. |
| 25. | (in a bridle) the mouthpiece connecting the cheeks. |
| 27. | Heraldry. a horizontal band, narrower than a fess, that crosses the field of an escutcheon. |
| 28. | Obsolete. a gateway capable of being barred. |
–verb (used with object) | 29. | to equip or fasten with a bar or bars: Bar the door before retiring for the night. |
| 30. | to block by or as if by bars: The police barred the exits in an attempt to prevent the thief's escape. |
| 31. | to prevent or hinder: They barred her entrance to the club. |
| 32. | to exclude or except: He was barred from membership because of his reputation. |
| 33. | to mark with bars, stripes, or bands. |
–preposition | 34. | except; omitting; but: bar none. |
—Idioms| 35. | at bar, Law. | a. | before the court and being tried: a case at bar. |
| b. | before all the judges of a court: a trial at bar. |
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| 36. | behind bars, in jail: We wanted the criminal behind bars. |
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Chair Definition–noun | 1. | a seat, esp. for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms. |
| 2. | something that serves as a chair or supports like a chair: The two men clasped hands to make a chair for their injured companion. |
| 3. | a seat of office or authority. |
| 4. | a position of authority, as of a judge, professor, etc. |
| 5. | the per
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son occupying a seat of office, esp. the chairperson of a meeting: The speaker addressed the chair. |
| 6. | (in an orchestra) the position of a player, assigned by rank; desk: first clarinet chair. |
| 10. | (in reinforced-concrete construction) a device for maintaining the position of reinforcing rods or strands during the pouring operation. |
| 11. | a glassmaker's bench having extended arms on which a blowpipe is rolled in shaping glass. |
| 12. | British Railroads. a metal block for supporting a rail and securing it to a crosstie or the like. |
–verb (used with object) | 13. | to place or seat in a chair. |
| 15. | to preside over; act as chairperson of: to chair a committee. |
| 16. | British. to carry (a hero or victor) aloft in triumph. |
–verb (used without object) | 17. | to preside over a meeting, committee, etc. |
—Idioms| 18. | get the chair, to be sentenced to die in the electric chair. <
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| 19. | take the chair, | a. | to begin or open a meeting. |
| b. | to preside at a meeting; act as chairperson. |
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