bar
noun
°A solid, more or less rigid object with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
°A solid metal object with uniform (round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular) cross-section; in the US its smallest dimension is .25 inch or greater (US), a piece of thinner material being called a strip.
verb
°To obstruct the passage of (someone or something).
°To prohibit.
preposition
°Except, with the exception of.
synonyms: barroom, ginshop, pub, public house more» , tavern, ban, prohibition, measure, block, hinder, obstruct, ban, interdict, prohibit, apart from, barring, except, excluding, other, save