bar
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 →
2) A bar is a long rod of metal or wood, like the bars of a cage. tree →
3) A bar graph uses bars to show numbers. tree →
4) A bar is a place or counter where drinks or food are served. tree →
5) In music, a bar is a short part with a set number of beats. tree →
6) To bar is to block or forbid. tree →
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 →
- She broke the bar into 4 equal pieces. tree →
- The bar graph shows 12 votes for red. tree →
- He ate 2 granola bars. tree →
- The kids hung from the monkey bars. tree →
- The lion paced behind the bars of its cage. tree →
- Each bar of music has 4 beats. tree →
- A bar of soap sat by the sink. tree →
- The tallest bar on the chart shows Friday. tree →
- The road was barred by a fallen tree. tree →
- “Quick Tink,” he whispered, “close the window; bar it! tree →
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.
- Pulling out that one bar and playing it slowly fixes it.
- To isolate a part means to practise one small bit on its own, then join it back to the bars around it.
- "Fun-size" means small, as in a small chocolate bar.
- Example: a girl in Colorado finishes her granola bar on a trail.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «bar» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.