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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :


  Bar \Bar\ (b[aum]r), n. [OE. barre, F. barre, fr. LL. barra, W.
     bar the branch of a tree, bar, baren branch, Gael. & Ir.
     barra bar. [root]91.]
     1. 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.
  
              Thou shalt make bars of shittim wood. --Ex. xxvi.
                                                    26.
  
     2. 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.
  
     3. Anything which obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an
        obstruction; a barrier.
  
              Must I new bars to my own joy create? --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :


  Bar \Bar\ (b[aum]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Barred (b[aum]rd); p.
     pr. & vb. n. Barring.] [ F. barrer. See Bar, n.]
     1. To fasten with a bar; as, to bar a door or gate.
  
     2. 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.
  
              He barely looked the idea in the face, and hastened
              to bar it in its dungeon.             --Hawthorne.
  
     3. To except; to exclude by exception.
  
              Nay, but I bar to-night: you shall not gauge me By
              what we do to-night.                  --Shak.
  
     4. To cross with one or more stripes or lines.
  
              For the sake of distinguishing the feet more
              clearly, I have barred them singly.   --Burney.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :


  bar
       n 1: a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served
            over a counter; "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at
            the bar" [syn: barroom, saloon, ginmill, taproom]
       2: a counter where you can obtain food or drink; "he bought a
          hot dog and a coke at the bar"
       3: a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening
          or obstruction or weapon; "there were bars in the windows
          to prevent escape"
       4: musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats;
          "the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song"
          [syn: measure]
       5: an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal;
          "it was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar"
       6: the act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving";
          "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of
          influenza" [syn: prevention]
       7: (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes
          per square centimeter; "unfortunately some writers have
          used bar for one dyne per square centimeter"
       8: a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along
          a shore; "the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the
          river"
       9: the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a
          particular jurisdiction; "he was admitted to the bar in
          New Jersey" [syn: legal profession, legal community]
       10: a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax); "a bar of
           chocolate" [syn: cake]
       11: a portable .30 caliber magazine-fed automatic rifle operated
           by gas pressure; used by United States troops in World
           War I and in World War II and in the Korean War [syn: Browning
           automatic rifle]
       12: a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as
           they perform exercises
       13: a heating element in an electric fire; "an electric fire
           with three bars"
       14: (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom
           where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried;
           "spectators were not allowed past the bar"
       v 1: prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from
            membership in the club" [syn: debar, exclude]
       2: render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade
          the streets"; "stop the busy road" [syn: barricade, block,
           blockade, stop, block off, block up]
       3: expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his
          own country" [syn: banish, relegate]
       4: secure with, or as if with, bars; "He barred the door" [ant:
           unbar]
       [also: barring, barred]

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) :


  bar /bar/ n. 1. [very common] The second metasyntactic variable,
     after foo and before baz. "Suppose we have two functions: FOO and
     BAR. FOO calls BAR...." 2. Often appended to foo to produce foobar.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :


  bar
       
          1.  /bar/ The second metasyntactic
          variable, after foo and before baz.  E.g. "Suppose
          function FOO calls functions BAR..."
       
          2. Often appended to foo to produce foobar.
       
          [{Jargon File]
       
          (1995-03-07)

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :


  Bar
     used to denote the means by which a door is bolted (Neh. 3:3); a
     rock in the sea (Jonah 2:6); the shore of the sea (Job 38:10);
     strong fortifications and powerful impediments, etc. (Isa. 45:2;
     Amos 1:5); defences of a city (1 Kings 4:13). A bar for a door
     was of iron (Isa. 45:2), brass (Ps. 107:16), or wood (Nah.
     3:13).

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) :


  BAR
       Base Address Register (IC)

From Croatian-English Freedict Dictionary :


  bar
  
  at least, bar, saloon

From German-Nederland Freedict dictionary :


  bar
       baar, contant
       cash, contant

From German-Portugese Freedict dictionary :


  bar
       dinheiro

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary :


  Bar
  
  البار

From English-Croatian Freedict Dictionary :


  bar
  
  bar, bife, crta, deblji vodič, gostionica, krčma, letva, lokal, odvjetništvo, pivnica, ploča, poluga, prav, prepriječiti, prečka, ravan, tabla, traka, traku, zabraniti, zatvor prolaz, zatvoren prolaz, zatvoreni prolaz, zatvoriti, šipka, šipkast, šipke, štap