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bar

noun
  1. A relatively long, straight, rigid piece of metal or other solid material: bloom 2, rod, shaft, slab, stick. See thing
  2. Something that impedes or prevents entry or passage: barricade, barrier, block, blockage, clog, hamper, hindrance, hurdle, impediment, obstacle, obstruction, snag, stop, traverse, wall. See help, open
  3. A judicial assembly: court, tribunal. See law
verb
  1. To shut in with or as if with bars: confine, lock, wall. See free
  2. To stop or prevent passage of: block, dam, impede, obstruct. Idiom: be (or stand) in the way of. See open
  3. To keep from being admitted, included, or considered: count out, debar, eliminate, except, exclude, keep out, rule out, shut out. See include
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