Anything that obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier.
An establishment offering cosmetic services.
Premises or a counter serving any type of beverage.
A solid metal object with uniform (round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular) cross-section; in the US its smallest dimension is ¹⁄₄ inch or greater, a piece of thinner material being called a strip.
The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed.
A ridge or succession of ridges of sand or other substance, especially a formation extending across the mouth of a river or harbor or off a beach, and which may obstruct navigation. (FM 55-501).
The central divider between the inner and outer table of a backgammon board, where stones are placed if they are hit.
A broad shaft, band, or stripe.
The bar exam, the legal licensing exam.
A drilling or tamping rod.
A counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room.
An addition to a military medal, on account of a subsequent act.
A dividing line (physical or notional) in the chamber of a legislature beyond which only members and officials may pass.
A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
A long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart.
A similar sign indicating that the charge on a particle is the negative of its usual value (and that consequently the particle is in fact an antiparticle).
A non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals, approximately equal to atmospheric pressure at sea level.
The counter of such premises.
The sign indicating that the characteristic of a logarithm is negative, conventionally placed above the digit(s) to show that it applies to the characteristic only and not to the mantissa.
A metasyntactic variable representing an unspecified entity, often the second in a series, following foo.
The crossbar.
Any level of achievement regarded as a challenge to be overcome.
A vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value.
A linear shoaling landform feature within a body of water.
An establishment where alcohol and sometimes other refreshments are served.
Collectively, lawyers or the legal profession; specifically applied to barristers in some countries, but including all lawyers in others.
One of the ordinaries in heraldry; a diminutive of a fess.
Any of various lines used as punctuation or diacritics, such as the pipe ⟨|⟩, fraction bar (as in 12), and strikethrough (as in Ⱥ), formerly (obsolete) including oblique marks such as the slash.
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 centre of the sole.
A city gate, in some British place names.
An informal establishment selling food to be consumed on the premises.
A business selling alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises, or the premises themselves; a public house.
One of those musical sections.
A vein or dike crossing a lode.
A cuboid piece of any solid commodity.
One of an array of bar-shaped symbols that display the level of something, such as wireless signal strength or battery life remaining.
A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.
A horizontal pole that must be crossed in the high jump and pole vault.
An official order or pronouncement that prohibits some activity.
A measure of drugs, typically one ounce.
The railing surrounding the part of a courtroom in which the judges, lawyers, defendants and witnesses stay.
To obstruct the passage of (someone or something).
To imprint or paint with bars, to stripe.
To prohibit.
To lock or bolt with a bar.
Except, other than, besides.
Denotes the minimum odds offered on other horses not mentioned by name.
Something that checks or restrains; a restraint.
A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint, generally causing lameness.
A concrete margin along the edge of a road; a kerb (UK, Australia, New Zealand)
A riding or driving bit for a horse that has rein action which amplifies the pressure in the mouth by leverage advantage placing pressure on the poll via the crown piece of the bridle and chin groove via a curb chain.
A sidewalk, covered or partially enclosed, bordering the airport terminal road system with adjacent paved areas to permit vehicles to off-load or load passengers.
A raised margin along the edge of something, such as a well or the eye of a dome, as a strengthening.
To rein in.
To bend or curve.
To furnish with a curb, as a well; to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.
To crouch; to cringe.
To damage vehicle wheels or tires by running into or over a pavement curb.
To check, restrain or control.
To bring to a stop beside a curb.