DICTOMETER

FORHINDRE (Norwegian for "bar")

(bar, circumvent, detain, foil, forestall, hamper, handicap, hinder, inhibit, keep, obviate, prevent, retain, spoil, thwart, to deter, empachar, frustrar, impedir, molestar, retener)

1. Synonyms:
   • Barroom
   • Bar
   • Saloon
   • Ginmill
   • Taproom
   Definitions:
   • a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
   Examples:
   • He drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Bar
   Definitions:
   • a counter where you can obtain food or drink
   Examples:
   • He bought a hot dog and a coke at the bar
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Bar
   Definitions:
   • a rigid piece of metal or wood
   • usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon
   Examples:
   • There were bars in the windows to prevent escape
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Measure
   • Bar
   Definitions:
   • musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats
   Examples:
   • The orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Bar
   Definitions:
   • an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal
   Examples:
   • It was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Prevention
   • Bar
   Definitions:
   • the act of preventing
   Examples:
   • There was no bar against leaving
   • Money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Bar
   Definitions:
   • (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter
   Examples:
   • Unfortunately some writers have used bar for one dyne per square centimeter
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Bar
   Definitions:
   • a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore
   Examples:
   • The boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Legal profession
   • Bar
   • Legal community
   Definitions:
   • the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction
   Examples:
   • He was admitted to the bar in New Jersey
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Stripe
    • Streak
    • Bar
    Definitions:
    • a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background
    Examples:
    • A green toad with small black stripes or bars
    • May the Stars and Stripes forever wave
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Cake
    • Bar
    Definitions:
    • a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
    Examples:
    • A bar of chocolate
    
    
12. Synonyms:
    • Browning automatic rifle
    • BAR
    Definitions:
    • a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine
    • used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War
    
    
13. Synonyms:
    • Bar
    Definitions:
    • a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises
    
    
14. Synonyms:
    • Bar
    Definitions:
    • a heating element in an electric fire
    Examples:
    • An electric fire with three bars
    
    
15. Synonyms:
    • Bar
    Definitions:
    • (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried
    Examples:
    • Spectators were not allowed past the bar
    
    

1. Synonyms:
   • Bar
   • Debar
   • Exclude
   Definitions:
   • prevent from entering
   • keep out
   Examples:
   • He was barred from membership in the club
   Antonyms:
   unbar
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Barricade
   • Block
   • Blockade
   • Stop
   • Block off
   • Block up
   • Bar
   Definitions:
   • render unsuitable for passage
   Examples:
   • Block the way
   • Barricade the streets
   • Stop the busy road
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Banish
   • Relegate
   • Bar
   Definitions:
   • expel, as if by official decree
   Examples:
   • He was banished from his own country
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Bar
   Definitions:
   • secure with, or as if with, bars
   Examples:
   • He barred the door