Bar Facts for Kids

Bar or BAR is a word that can mean many different things! It's like a word that has lots of different jobs. Let's explore some of the most common meanings of "bar."

What "Bar" Can Mean
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What "Bar" Can Mean

Bar as a Place

A "bar" can be a place where people go to relax, eat, and drink. These places often have a long counter where drinks are served. They are popular spots for people to meet friends, watch sports, or just hang out. Many bars also serve food like burgers, fries, or chicken wings.

Bar in Law

In a courtroom, the "bar" is a special railing or boundary. It separates the area where lawyers, judges, and other court officials work from the area where the public sits. When someone "passes the bar," it means they have successfully completed the exams needed to become a lawyer. A "bar association" is a group or organization for lawyers.

Bar in Music

In music, a "bar" is a way to divide a piece of music into equal sections of time. It helps musicians keep track of the rhythm and beat. You can see these sections marked by vertical lines on a musical score. Each bar has a certain number of beats, like four beats in a common time signature.

Bar as a Unit of Pressure

A "bar" is also a unit used to measure pressure. It's often used in science and engineering. For example, meteorologists (people who study weather) might use bars to measure atmospheric pressure, which is the weight of the air around us. One bar is roughly equal to the average air pressure at sea level.

Bar as a Landform

When you hear about a "sand bar" or a "shoal," it means a long, low ridge of sand or other material that forms in a body of water, like a river or the ocean. These can sometimes be seen above the water, or they might be just below the surface, making the water shallow.

Other Meanings of "Bar"

British American Racing: This was once a team that competed in Formula One car racing.
Bar-le-Duc: This is the name of a town located in France.
M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle: This refers to a specific design of a rifle, a type of firearm.
Gatehouse: A "bar" can also be a type of gatehouse, which is a building that stands over or next to a gate, often at the entrance to a castle or a town.
Diacritic: In language, a "bar" can be a type of diacritic. A diacritic is a small mark added to a letter to change its sound or meaning, like the line through the letter "o" in some languages.

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An example of a hotel bar in Switzerland.
A bar in Melrose, Louisiana during the Great Depression era.
The Gunpowder Cellar of Tartu, a former 18th-century gunpowder cellar and current beer restaurant in Tartu, Estonia.
An example of a typical home bar in New York City, USA.
Many sports bars sell food such as chicken wings.
A row of liquor bottles behind a bar.
The bar in the coach terminal at Udine, Italy.
The oldest bar serving pasztecik szczeciński in Szczecin.
Jimmy Wales at the bar during Wikimania 2014 in the Barbican Centre, London.
The bar of the Club Moderne in Anaconda, Montana.
A bar named "Bar" in New Haven, Connecticut.
Interior of Seth Kinman's Table Bluff Hotel and Saloon in Table Bluff, California, 1889.
Tourists sit outside a bar in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
A retro bar in Berlin, Germany.
The original Drifter's Reef bar at Wake Island.
A bar in Bristol, England.
A bartender at work in a pub in Jerusalem.
A bar in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia.
Henry Miller's Inn, Toledo, Ohio, 1909.
An Alcohol bar in Dublin, Ireland.
Bar counter in Hamburg, Germany.
Bar in Manhattan, New York City.
A bar inside a nightclub in Munich, Germany.

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