Bar

What “Bar” means

Noun

1. A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
2. 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.
3. A cuboid piece of any solid commodity.
4. A broad shaft, band, or stripe.
5. A long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart.

Verb

1. To obstruct the passage of (someone or something).
2. To prohibit.
3. To lock or bolt with a bar.
4. To imprint or paint with bars, to stripe.

Prep

1. Except, other than, besides.

Adv

1. Denotes the minimum odds offered on other horses not mentioned by name.

Where the word comes from

Etymology tree Vulgar Latin *barra Old French barrebor. Middle English barre English bar From Middle English barre, from Old French barre (“beam, bar, gate, barrier”), from Vulgar Latin *barra, of uncertain origin. Doublet of barre.

From Middle English barren, from Old French barrer, from Medieval Latin barrare (“to bar”), from the noun. Cognate to Occitan barrar, Spanish barrar, Portuguese barrar. Preposition properly imperative of the verb. Compare barring.

Business name ideas with “Bar”

Industries where “Bar” fits

We suggest this word for 5 business types and industries, including:

• Law Firm
• Soap Business
• Offices of Lawyers
• Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars
• Soap and Other Detergent Manufacturing