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1
c
: a usually rigid piece (as of wood or metal) longer than it is wide that is used as a handle or support
especially
: a handrail used by ballet dancers to maintain balance while exercising
2
: something that obstructs or prevents passage, progress, or action: such as
a
law
: the destruction of an action (see action sense 5) or claim
also
: a plea or objection that effects such destruction
b
: an intangible or nonphysical impediment
c
: a submerged or partly submerged bank (as of sand) along a shore or in a river often obstructing navigation
3
law
a(1)
: the railing in a courtroom that encloses the place about the judge where prisoners are stationed or where the business of the court is transacted in civil cases
b(1)
: the barrier in the English Inns of Court that formerly separated the seats of the benchers or readers (see reader sense 2) from the body of the hall occupied by the students
(2)
: the whole body of barristers or lawyers qualified to practice in the courts of any jurisdiction
(3)
4
: a straight stripe, band, or line much longer than it is wide: such as
a
heraldry
: one of two or more horizontal stripes on a heraldic shield
b
: a metal or embroidered strip worn on a usually military uniform especially to indicate rank (as of a company officer) or service (see service entry 1 sense 6b)
5
b
: a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks and sometimes food are served : barroom
c
6
music
a
: a vertical line across the musical staff before the initial measure accent (see accent entry 1 sense 5)
b
: measure
7
textiles
: a lace and embroidery joining covered with buttonhole stitch for connecting various parts of the pattern in needlepoint lace and cutwork
barred; barring
1
a
: to fasten with a long, narrow piece of wood, metal, or other material : to fasten with a bar (see bar entry 1 sense 1a)
2
: to mark with straight stripes, bands, or lines that are much longer than they are wide : to mark with bars (see bar entry 1 sense 4) : stripe
3
a
: to confine or shut in by or as if by bars (see bar entry 1 sense 1a)
b
: to set aside : to not take into consideration : rule out
c
: to keep out : exclude
—often used with from
: except
: a unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals
Baruch
bachelor of architecture
Browning automatic rifle
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