English dictionary: words starting with 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).

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.

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 …

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'…

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…

noun

Tannaitic material which is not incorporated in the mishnah.

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

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.

noun

Another term for swamp deer.

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

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…

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…

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

adjective

Savagely cruel.

Usage examples:

He carried out barbaric acts in the name of war

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…

verb

Cause to become savage or uncultured.

Usage examples:

These poor inhabitants had been deliberately barbarized

verb

Cause to become savage or uncultured.

Usage examples:

These poor inhabitants had been deliberately barbarized

verb

Cause to become savage or uncultured.

Usage examples:

These poor inhabitants had been deliberately barbarized

noun

Absence of culture and civilization.

Usage examples:

The collapse of civilization and the return to barbarism