{ "term": "bar", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a2", "image": "data/images/ba/bars.png", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic and other drinks", "labels": "(British English)", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "We arranged to meet in a bar called the Flamingo." }, { "text": "The area is full of restaurants and bars." }, { "text": "The bar staff are very friendly." }, { "text": "It's the island’s only **licensed bar** *(= one that is allowed to sell alcoholic drinks)*." }, { "text": "I found David in the bar of the Red Lion *(= a room in a pub where drinks are served)*." }, { "text": "The hotel has a restaurant, bar and swimming pool." }, { "text": "There were not many people in the bar." }, { "text": "He's been working in a bar called the Anvil." }, { "text": "We could meet at the theatre and have a drink in the bar." } ], "topics": ["Drinks"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["licensed", "crowded", "open"], "verb + bar": ["enter", "frequent", "go to"], "bar + noun": ["food", "menu", "snacks"], "preposition": ["in a/​the bar", "at a/​the bar"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "a place in which a particular kind of food or drink is the main thing that is served", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "a sushi bar" }, { "text": "The hotel has a cocktail bar on the top floor." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["licensed", "crowded", "open"], "verb + bar": ["enter", "frequent", "go to"], "bar + noun": ["food", "menu", "snacks"], "preposition": ["in a/​the bar", "at a/​the bar"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "a long wide wooden surface where drinks, etc. are served", "sensetop": "at the barbehind the bar", "labels": "(humorous)", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "She was sitting at the bar.", "contextForm": "at the bar" }, { "text": "He spent the summer working behind the bar at the local pub.", "contextForm": "behind the bar" }, { "text": "It was so crowded I couldn't get to the bar." }, { "text": "They were chatting at the bar." }, { "text": "I didn't recognize the man who was serving behind the bar." }, { "text": "You can usually find him propping up (= leaning on) the bar of the Queen's Head." } ], "topics": ["Drinks"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["breakfast"], "verb + bar": ["be propping up"], "preposition": ["at the bar", "behind the bar"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "a piece of something with straight sides", "labels": "(North American English)", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "a **bar of chocolate/soap **" }, { "text": "a **chocolate bar**" }, { "text": "a **candy bar**" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "a long straight piece of metal or wood. Bars are often used to stop somebody from getting through a space.", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "He smashed the window with an **iron bar**." }, { "text": "The room was small, with bars on the windows." }, { "text": "The windows at street level were fitted with bars." }, { "text": "a five-bar gate *(= one made with five horizontal bars of wood)*" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "a long narrow area at the edge of a computer screen that contains links or pull-down menus or displays information about the website or program that you are using", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": 7, "definition": "the crossbar of a goal", "examples": [ { "text": "His shot hit the bar." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 8, "definition": "a band of colour or light", "examples": [ { "text": "Bars of sunlight slanted down from the tall narrow windows." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 9, "definition": "a thing that stops somebody from doing something", "sensetop": "bar (to something)", "examples": [ { "text": "At that time being a woman was a bar to promotion in most professions." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 10, "definition": "one of the short sections of equal length that a piece of music is divided into, and the notes that are in it", "labels": "(British English)North American English also", "cefr": "c1", "examples": [ { "text": "four beats to the bar" }, { "text": "the opening bars of a piece of music" }, { "text": "She played a few bars on the piano." } ], "topics": ["Music"], "collocations": { "verb + bar": ["hum", "play", "sing"], "preposition": ["in a/​the bar"], "phrases": ["two, four, etc. beats to the bar"] } }, { "senseNumber": 11, "definition": "the profession of barrister (= a lawyer in a higher court)", "labels": "(British English)", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [ { "text": "to **be called to the Bar** *(= allowed to work as a qualified )*" } ], "topics": ["Law and justice"] }, { "senseNumber": 12, "definition": "the profession of any kind of lawyer", "labels": "(North American English)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": 13, "definition": "a unit for measuring the pressure of the atmosphere, equal to a hundred thousand newtons per square metre", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": 14, "definition": "a piece of metal with wire wrapped around it that becomes red and hot when electricity is passed through it", "examples": [ { "text": "Switch another bar on if you’re cold." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "in prison", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "The murderer is now safely behind bars." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to set a new, lower standard of quality or performance", "examples": [ { "text": "In the current economic climate we may need to lower the bar on quotas." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to have nothing to do with something", "labels": "(Australian English, New Zealand English, informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "If he tries to sell you his car, don't have a bar of it." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to set a new, higher standard of quality or performance", "examples": [ { "text": "The factory has raised the bar on productivity, food safety and quality." }, { "text": "This latest computer game raises the bar for interface design." }, { "text": "The awards go to people who have truly raised the bar." }, { "text": "Perhaps the new admission requirements raised the bar too high." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to set a standard of quality or performance", "examples": [ { "text": "The show really sets the bar for artistic invention." }, { "text": "Sofia sets the bar very high for what she expects of herself." } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/bɑː(r)/", "audio": "ba/bar/bar__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/bɑːr/", "audio": "ba/bar/bar__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "noun senses 1 to 12 Middle English: from Old French barre (noun), barrer (verb), of unknown origin. noun sense 13 early 20th cent.: from Greek baros ‘weight’." }