bar

ot noun

1. A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length. The window was protected by steel bars.
2. A solid metal object with uniform (round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular) cross-section; in the US its smallest dimension is 1/4 inch or greater, a piece of thinner material being called a strip. Ancient Sparta used iron bars instead of handy coins in more valuable alloy, to physically discourage the use of money.
3. A cuboid piece of any solid commodity. bar of chocolate
4. A broad shaft, or band, or stripe. a bar of colour

fe’l verb

1. To obstruct the passage of (someone or something). Our way was barred by a huge rockfall.
2. To prohibit. I couldn't get into the nightclub because I had been barred.
3. To lock or bolt with a bar. bar the door
4. To imprint or paint with bars, to stripe.

predlog preposition

1. Except, other than, besides. He invited everyone to his wedding bar his ex-wife.
2. Denotes the minimum odds offered on other horses not mentioned by name. Leg At Each Corner is at 3/1, Lost My Shirt 5/1, and it's 10/1 bar.