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bar — bar1 [ bar ] noun count *** ▸ 1 place serving alcohol ▸ 2 long narrow piece ▸ 3 block of soap etc. ▸ 4 profession of a lawyer ▸ 5 something that prevents something ▸ 6 in music ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) a place where you go to buy and drink alcoholic… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
bar — [[t]bɑ͟ː(r)[/t]] ♦♦ bars, barring, barred 1) N COUNT A bar is a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks. [mainly AM] ...Devil s Herd, the city s most popular country western bar. ...the Brass Nickel Bar. 2) N COUNT A bar is a room in a … English dictionary
bar — I UK [bɑː(r)] / US [bɑr] noun [countable] Word forms bar : singular bar plural bars *** 1) a place where you go to buy and drink alcoholic drinks We met at Ernie s Bar. a wine/cocktail bar a) the counter where alcoholic drinks are served in a bar … English dictionary
bar — 1 noun (C) 1 PLACE TO DRINK IN a) a place where alcoholic drinks are served compare pub b) BrE one of the rooms inside a pub: the public bar was crowded 2 PLACE TO BUY DRINK a counter 1 (1) where alcoholic drinks are served: There were no free… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
way — [weɪ] noun 1》 a method, style, or manner of doing something. ↘the typical manner in which someone behaves or in which something happens. ↘formal or Scottish a person s occupation or line of business. 2》 [in place names] a road, track,… … English new terms dictionary
bar — 1 / bär/ n often attrib 1 a: the railing in a courtroom that encloses the area around the judge where prisoners are stationed in criminal cases or where the business of the court is transacted in civil cases compare bench 1, dock … Law dictionary
bar — bar1 W1S1 [ba: US ba:r] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(place to drink in)¦ 2¦(place to buy drink)¦ 3 a wine/coffee/snack etc bar 4 a breakfast bar 5¦(block shape)¦ 6¦(piece of metal/wood)¦ 7 behind bars 8¦(music)¦ 9 bar to (doing) someth … Dictionary of contemporary English
way — noun 1 method/style ADJECTIVE ▪ convenient, easy, effective, efficient, good, ideal, practical, quick, simple, useful … Collocations dictionary
bar*/*/*/ — [bɑː] noun I 1) [C] a place where you go to buy and drink alcoholic drinks 2) [C] the COUNTER where alcoholic drinks are served 3) [C] a long narrow piece of metal an old house with iron bars on the windows[/ex] 4) [C] a solid block of a… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
X-bar theory — is a component of linguistic theory which attempts to identify syntactic features common to all languages. It claims that among their phrasal categories, all languages share certain structural similarities, including one known as the X bar ,… … Wikipedia
