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Synonyms for Bar (same or very similar meaning)

WordNet sense 1 (the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction):
legal profession, legal community

WordNet sense 2 (musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats):
measure

WordNet sense 3 (a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)):
cake

WordNet sense 4 (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):
Browning automatic rifle

WordNet sense 5 (a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter):
barroom, saloon, taproom, ginmill

WordNet sense 6 (expel, as if by official decree):
banish, relegate

WordNet sense 7 (render unsuitable for passage):
block, blockade, stop, barricade, block off, block up

WordNet sense 8 (the act of preventing):
prevention

WordNet sense 9 (prevent from entering; keep out):
debar, exclude


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