English words starting with bar

Meanings of Bar:

noun

A long rigid piece of wood, metal, or similar material, typically used as an obstruction, fastening, or weapon.

Usage examples:

An iron bar

verb

Fasten (something, especially a door or window) with a bar or bars.

Usage examples:

She bolted and barred the door

preposition

Except for.

Usage examples:

His kids were all gone now, bar one

abbreviation

(in biblical references) baruch (in the apocrypha).

Meanings of Bar-chart:

noun

A type of graph in which different amounts that are being compared are shown using rectangles that have different lengths but the same width

Usage examples:

This bar chart shows each department's overheads in the last 12 months.

Meanings of Bar-hop:

verb

To go to a series of bars and have drinks in each, for pleasure

Usage examples:

Young people tend to bar-hop on a saturday night before heading to a nightclub., she grew tired of …

Meanings of Bar-magnet:

noun

A magnet in the shape of a bar whose magnetic force is strongest at its poles (= ends), one end attracting iron and steel objects and the other end pushing them away

Usage examples:

If you hang a bar magnet from a piece of string, its north pole will swing round to point to earth'…

Meanings of Bar-none:

idiom

Used to emphasize that someone or something is better, more important, etc. than anyone or anything else

Usage examples:

They're the best songwriters of this century, bar none., he has been one of the most important infl…

Meanings of Baraita:

noun

Tannaitic material which is not incorporated in the mishnah.

Meanings of Barangay:

noun

(in the philippines) a small territorial and administrative district forming the most local level of government.

Usage examples:

All of the city's barangays will have designated wi-fi zones

Meanings of Bararite:

noun

A mineral consisting of barium sulphate, typically occurring as colourless prismatic crystals or thin white flakes.

Usage examples:

Veins of white barite occupy fractures in thin seams of coal.

Meanings of Barasingha:

noun

Another term for swamp deer.

Meanings of Barat:

noun

(in parts of india and pakistan) a celebratory wedding procession that escorts the groom, who is traditionally on horseback, to the site of the wedding.

Usage examples:

They inform the bride that the baraat has arrived

Meanings of Barathea:

noun

A fine woollen cloth, sometimes mixed with silk or cotton, used chiefly for coats and suits.

Usage examples:

In the british army, khaki uniforms exist in a variety of shades and cloth, pale khaki drill for we…

Meanings of Baratheas:

noun

A fine woollen cloth, sometimes mixed with silk or cotton, used chiefly for coats and suits.

Usage examples:

In the british army, khaki uniforms exist in a variety of shades and cloth, pale khaki drill for we…

Meanings of Baraza:

noun

(in east africa) a public meeting place.

Usage examples:

Before the fence was constructed, we set up barazas to educate people on the purpose of the fence.

Meanings of Barb:

noun

A sharp projection near the end of an arrow, fish hook, or similar object, which is angled away from the main point so as to make extraction difficult.

Usage examples:

It was a simple hunting arrow, without a particularly sharp edge or barbs that would make it harder…

verb

Cut or style (a person's hair).

Usage examples:

He has barbed the hair of any celebrity you can think of

Meanings of Barbacoa:

noun

(in mexican cooking) beef, lamb, or other meat that has been slowly cooked with seasonings, typically shredded as a filling in tacos, burritos, etc.

Usage examples:

A fried tortilla filled with your choice of marinated chicken, barbacoa, or carnitas

Meanings of Barbadian:

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of barbados or its inhabitants.

Usage examples:

A senior barbadian player

noun

A native or inhabitant of barbados.

Usage examples:

Written literature by barbadians received its first real debut in the 1940s and 1950s

Meanings of Barbados:

proper noun

An island country in the caribbean, the most easterly of the caribbean islands; population 284,000 (estimated 2015); official language, english; capital, bridgetown. barbados became a british colony in the 1630s and remained british until 1966, when it gained independence as a commonwealth state.

Meanings of Barbarian:

noun

(in ancient times) a member of a people not belonging to one of the great civilizations (greek, roman, christian).

Usage examples:

The city was besieged by the barbarians

adjective

Relating to ancient barbarians.

Usage examples:

Barbarian invasions

Meanings of Barbarians:

noun

(in ancient times) a member of a people not belonging to one of the great civilizations (greek, roman, christian).

Usage examples:

The city was besieged by the barbarians

adjective

Relating to ancient barbarians.

Usage examples:

Barbarian invasions

Meanings of Barbaric:

adjective

Savagely cruel.

Usage examples:

He carried out barbaric acts in the name of war

Meanings of Barbarically:

adverb

In a way that is extremely cruel and unpleasant

Usage examples:

Soldiers were accused of behaving as barbarically as the terrorists., people who object to anyone w…

Meanings of Barbarise:

verb

Cause to become savage or uncultured.

Usage examples:

These poor inhabitants had been deliberately barbarized

Meanings of Barbarised:

verb

Cause to become savage or uncultured.

Usage examples:

These poor inhabitants had been deliberately barbarized

Meanings of Barbarising:

verb

Cause to become savage or uncultured.

Usage examples:

These poor inhabitants had been deliberately barbarized

Meanings of Barbarism:

noun

Absence of culture and civilization.

Usage examples:

The collapse of civilization and the return to barbarism