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# bar

noun (bar, bars); verb (bar, bars, barred, barring); preposition (bar — except)

«bar» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A bar is a long, solid piece of something, like a bar of soap or chocolate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bar/#m1)
2. A bar is a long rod of metal or wood, like the bars of a cage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bar/#m2)
3. A bar graph uses bars to show numbers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bar/#m3)
4. A bar is a place or counter where drinks or food are served. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bar/#m4)
5. In music, a bar is a short part with a set number of beats. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bar/#m5)
6. To bar is to block or forbid. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bar/#m6)

### In the lessons

a thing counted (candy bars, bars of soap), or the bars of a bar graph; in music, beats per bar; phrases «bar graph», «bar chart», «chocolate bar», «monkey bars», «behind bars» (in prison)

### Examples

- A candy bar costs 1 dollar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bar/#x1)
- She broke the bar into 4 equal pieces. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bar/#x2)
- The bar graph shows 12 votes for red. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bar/#x3)
- He ate 2 granola bars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bar/#x4)
- The kids hung from the monkey bars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bar/#x5)
- The lion paced behind the bars of its cage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bar/#x6)
- Each bar of music has 4 beats. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bar/#x7)
- A bar of soap sat by the sink. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bar/#x8)
- The tallest bar on the chart shows Friday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bar/#x9)
- The road was barred by a fallen tree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bar/#x10)
- “Quick Tink,” he whispered, “close the window; bar it! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bar/#x11)

### Note

A thing counted or split. Trap: in a bar graph, read the height of the bar on the scale, not the number of bars. A chocolate bar split into equal pieces makes fractions.

## In Jewish tradition

A wooden bar used to hold the boards of the tabernacle together. In Moses' blessing of Asher, bars of iron and brass mean strong locks that protect.

**Interpretation.** The acacia bars are read as keeping the tabernacle firm and joined as one. The middle bar is said by tradition to run through the boards from end to end.

### Examples

- Iron and brass shall be thy bars; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be. (Torah DEU.33.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bar/#x1)
- And he made bars of acacia-wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, (Torah EXO.36.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bar/#x2)
- And thou shalt make bars of acacia-wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, (Torah EXO.26.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bar/#x3)
- And prescribed for it My decree, and set bars and doors, (Writings JOB.38.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bar/#x4)
- His bones are as pipes of brass; his gristles are like bars of iron. (Writings JOB.40.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bar/#x5)
- For He hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder. (Writings PSA.107.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bar/#x6)

### Note

A thing counted or split. Trap: in a bar graph, read the height of the bar on the scale, not the number of bars. A chocolate bar split into equal pieces makes fractions.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bar» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bar/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bar» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bar.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «bar» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bar/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bar» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/bar.html) on Mova free.