bar.
bar, public house (business selling alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises, or the premises themselves)
Meaning & usage
bar, public house (business selling alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises, or the premises themselves)
bar, luncheon bar, buffet, wet bar (area for the preparation of alcoholic drinks, equipped with a countertop having a sink and running water and usually located in a home, hotel room, or similar quarters)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Vulgar Latin *barra Old French barrebor. Middle English barre English barbor. Polish bar Borrowed from English bar.
bar (non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals, approximately equal to atmospheric pressure at sea level)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷreh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us Proto-Hellenic *gʷarus Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús) Ancient Greek βάρος (báros)lbor. Polish bar Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros).
barium (chemical element (symbol Ba) with an atomic number of 56)
Where this word comes from
Learned borrowing from New Latin barium.
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