To lock or bolt with a bar.
To obstruct the passage of (someone or something).
To imprint or paint with bars, to stripe.
To prohibit.
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.
Anything that obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier.
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.
Except, other than, besides.
Denotes the minimum odds offered on other horses not mentioned by name.
To close by means of a seal.
To place a seal on (a document).
To confirm or set apart as a second or additional wife.
To guarantee.
To fasten (something) so that it cannot be opened without visible damage.
To close securely to prevent leakage.
To place in a sealed container.
To prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something).
To tie up animals (especially cattle) in their stalls.
To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality.
To form a sacred commitment.
To hunt seals.
To place a notation of one's next move in a sealed envelope to be opened after an adjournment.
To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement or plaster, etc.
To fry (meat) at a high temperature to retain the juices.
An impression of such stamp on wax, paper or other material used for sealing.
A bearing representing a creature something like a walrus.
Anything that secures or authenticates.
A tight closure, secure against leakage.
Something which will be visibly damaged if a covering or container is opened, and which may or may not bear an official design.
A chakra.
A design or insignia usually associated with an organization or an official role.
Confirmation or approval, or an indication of this.
A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax.
Something designed to prevent liquids or gases from leaking through a joint.
A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.