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# bar

«bar» in Mova's school dictionary: **a long, solid piece of something, like a bar of soap or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) A bar is a long, solid piece of something, like a bar of soap or chocolate. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bar/#m2)

3) A bar graph uses bars to show numbers. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bar/#m5)

6) To bar is to block or forbid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bar/#m6)

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

- [3/4 means three crotchet beats in each bar, which gives the swaying feel of a waltz.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/2-reading-music-notes-beats-and-rhythm/13/)
- [Pulling out that one bar and playing it slowly fixes it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not/2/)
- [To isolate a part means to practise one small bit on its own, then join it back to the bars around it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not/14/)
- ["Fun-size" means small, as in a small chocolate bar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents/16/)
- [Example: a girl in Colorado finishes her granola bar on a trail.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/239-litter-and-caring-for-nature/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bar» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bar/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.