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n. - A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especially for a hindrance, obstruction, or fastening; as, the bars of a fence or gate; the bar of a door. ²
n. - An indefinite quantity of some substance, so shaped as to be long in proportion to its breadth and thickness; as, a bar of gold or of lead; a bar of soap. ²
n. - Anything which obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier. ²
n. - A bank of sand, gravel, or other matter, esp. at the mouth of a river or harbor, obstructing navigation. ²
n. - Any railing that divides a room, or office, or hall of assembly, in order to reserve a space for those having special privileges; as, the bar of the House of Commons. ²
n. - The railing that incloses the place which counsel occupy in courts of justice. Hence, the phrase at the bar of the court signifies in open court. ²
n. - The place in court where prisoners are stationed for arraignment, trial, or sentence. ²
n. - The whole body of lawyers licensed in a court or district; the legal profession. ²
n. - A special plea constituting a sufficient answer to plaintiff's action. ²
n. - Any tribunal; as, the bar of public opinion; the bar of God. ²
n. - A barrier or counter, over which liquors and food are passed to customers; hence, the portion of the room behind the counter where liquors for sale are kept. ²
n. - An ordinary, like a fess but narrower, occupying only one fifth part of the field. ²
n. - A broad shaft, or band, or stripe; as, a bar of light; a bar of color. ²
n. - A vertical line across the staff. Bars divide the staff into spaces which represent measures, and are themselves called measures. ²
n. - The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed. ²
n. - The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the center of the sole. ²
n. - A drilling or tamping rod. ²
n. - A vein or dike crossing a lode. ²
n. - A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town. ²
n. - A slender strip of wood which divides and supports the glass of a window; a sash bar. ²
n. - To fasten with a bar; as, to bar a door or gate. ²
n. - To restrict or confine, as if by a bar; to hinder; to obstruct; to prevent; to prohibit; as, to bar the entrance of evil; distance bars our intercourse; the statute bars my right; the right is barred by time; a release bars the plaintiff's recovery; -- sometimes with up. ²
n. - To except; to exclude by exception. ²
n. - To cross with one or more stripes or lines. ²

The word "bar" uses 3 letters: A B R.

Direct anagrams of bar:
  arb   bra

Words formed by adding one letter before or after bar (in bold), or to abr in any order:
b -   barb   c -   carb   crab   d -   bard   brad   darb   drab   e -   bare   bear   brae   f -   barf   g -   brag   garb   grab   i -   abri   k -   bark   kbar   m -   barm   n -   barn   bran   o -   boar   bora   s -   arbs   bars   bras   t -   brat   u -   bura   w -   braw   y -   bray  

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ab   ar   ba  

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