has gloss | (noun) a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon; "there were bars in the windows to prevent escape" bar |
lexicalization | eng: bar |
subclass of | (noun) instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end implement |
has subclass | (noun) a wood or metal bar to which a rope can be secured (as on a ship or in mountain climbing) belaying pin |
has subclass | (noun) the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key bolt, deadbolt |
has subclass | (noun) a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech bolt |
has subclass | (noun) a straight bar of light metal with a spirit level in it carpenter's level |
has subclass | (noun) a horizontal bar on which you can chin yourself chinning bar |
has subclass | (noun) a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil core |
has subclass | (noun) a horizontal bar that goes across something crossbar |
has subclass | (noun) a strong metal bar bearing a hook to attach something to be pulled drawbar |
has subclass | (noun) a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch fret |
has subclass | (noun) a bar attached parallel to a wall to provide a handgrip for steadying yourself grab bar |
has subclass | (noun) the shaped bar used to steer a bicycle handlebar |
has subclass | (noun) a metal bar (or length of pipe) used as a lever handspike |
has subclass | (noun) a bar used as a lever (as in twisting rope) heaver |
has subclass | (noun) a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum lever |
has subclass | (noun) a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal) rail |
has subclass | (noun) the revolving bar of a distributor rotor |
has subclass | (noun) a U-shaped bar; the open end can be passed through chain links and closed with a bar shackle |
has subclass | (noun) iron bar used to loosen and rake clinkers out of furnaces slice bar |
has subclass | (noun) a rigid metal bar between the front suspensions and between the rear suspensions of cars and trucks; serves to stabilize the chassis stabilizer bar, anti-sway bar |
has subclass | (noun) a horizontal bar a few inches from a wall for holding towels towel bar, towel rail |
has subclass | (noun) a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll track, rails, rail, runway |