Text: 1 a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide<all of the prison's windows are partially covered with steel bars>Synonymsbillet, rodRelated Wordsbeam, board; band, strip; ingot, slab, stick 2 a line or long narrow section differing in color from the background<the cat had a bar of white down her throat>— see stripe 3 a pile or ridge of granular matter (as sand or snow)<a bar of snow along the edge of the parking lot>— see ²²bank 4 a place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold to be consumed on the premises<a bar that serves meals as well as drinks>— see barroom 5 an assembly of persons for the administration of justice<was admitted to the bar last year>— see court 3 6 something that makes movement or progress more difficult<the complication of the molecule is the biggest bar to reproducing it>— see encumbrance

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