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(Entry 1 of 3)
- a bar that serves meals as well as drinks
Synonyms for bar
- barroom,
- café
- (also cafe),
- cantina
- [Southwest],
- dramshop,
- gin mill,
- grogshop
- [chiefly British],
- pub,
- public house
- [chiefly British],
- saloon,
- taproom,
- tavern,
- watering hole,
- watering place
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- rather than try and convict the alleged murderer in the mass media, let justice be done at the bar
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- the complication of the molecule is the biggest bar to reproducing it
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- balk,
- block,
- chain,
- clog,
- cramp,
- crimp,
- deterrent,
- drag,
- embarrassment,
- encumbrance,
- fetter,
- handicap,
- hindrance,
- holdback,
- hurdle,
- impediment,
- inhibition,
- interference,
- let,
- manacle,
- obstacle,
- obstruction,
- shackles,
- stop,
- stumbling block,
- trammel
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- we need to raise the bar for what is acceptable behavior in this situation
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prepositionSynonyms of bar (Entry 2 of 3)
- everyone in the company is invited, bar none
Synonyms for bar
- apart from,
- aside from,
- barring,
- beside,
- besides,
- but,
- except
- (also excepting),
- except for,
- excluding,
- exclusive of,
- other than,
- outside,
- outside of,
- save,
- saving
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of bar (Entry 3 of 3)
- corporal punishment has long been barred in most public schools
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- beach-goers are barred from walking in roped-off sections of the beach to protect nesting birds
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- the bikeway was barred by a huge fallen tree
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“Bar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bar. Accessed 26 Feb. 2020.
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The first known use of bar was in the 12th century
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