Bar Ideas For Basement

Bar

As noun

a relatively long, evenly shaped piece of some solid substance, as metal or wood, used as a guard or obstruction or for some mechanical purpose:the bars of a cage

an oblong piece of any solid material:a bar of soap; a candy bar

the amount of material in a bar

an ingot, lump, or wedge of gold or silver

a long ridge of sand, gravel, or other material near or slightly above the surface of the water at or near the mouth of a river or harbor entrance, often constituting an obstruction to navigation

anything that obstructs, hinders, or impedes; obstacle; barrier:a bar to important legislation

a counter or place where beverages, especially liquors, or light meals are served to customers:a snack bar; a milk bar

a barroom or tavern

(in a home) a counter, small wagon, or similar piece of furniture for serving food or beverages:a breakfast bar

the legal profession

the practicing members of the legal profession in a given community

any tribunal:the bar of public opinion

a band or strip:a bar of light

a railing in a courtroom separating the general public from the part of the room occupied by the judges, jury, attorneys, etc

a crowbar

Music

Also called bar line

the line marking the division between two measures of music

double bar

the unit of music contained between two bar lines; measure

Ballet

barre

Law

an objection that nullifies an action or claim

a stoppage or defeat of an alleged right of action

Typography

a horizontal stroke of a type character, as of an A, H, t, and sometimes e

Architecture

(in tracery) a relatively long and slender upright of stone treated as a colonette or molded

Building Trades

an iron or steel shape: I-bar

a muntin

Military

one of a pair of metal or cloth insignia worn by certain commissioned officers

bars, the transverse ridges on the roof of the mouth of a horse

a space between the molar and canine teeth of a horse into which the bit is fitted

(in a bridle) the mouthpiece connecting the cheeks

bride (def )

Heraldry

a horizontal band, narrower than a fess, that crosses the field of an escutcheon

Obsolete

a gateway capable of being barred

As verb (used with object), barred, barring

to equip or fasten with a bar or bars:Bar the door before retiring for the night

to block by or as if by bars:The police barred the exits in an attempt to prevent the thief's escape

to prevent or hinder:They barred her entrance to the club

to exclude or except:He was barred from membership because of his reputation

to mark with bars,ŋ stripes, or bands

As preposition

except; omitting; but:bar none

As Idioms

at bar, Law

before the court and being tried: a case at bar

before all the judges of a court: a trial at bar

behind bars, in jail:We wanted the criminal behind bars

Ideas

As noun

any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity

a thought, conception, or notion:That is an excellent idea

an impression:He gave me a general idea of how he plans to run the department

an opinion, view, or belief:His ideas on raising children are certainly strange

a plan of action; an intention:the idea of becoming an engineer

a groundless supposition; fantasy

Philosophy

a concept developed by the mind

a conception of what is desirable or ought to be; ideal

(initial capital letter) Platonism

Also called form

an archetype or pattern of which the individual objects in any natural class are imperfect copies and from which they derive their being

Kantianism

idea of pure reason

Music

a theme, phrase, or figure

Obsolete

a likeness

a mental image

For

As preposition

with the object or purpose of:to run for exercise

intended to belong to, or be used in connection with: equipment for the army;a closet for dishes

suiting the purposes or needs of:medicine for the aged

in order to obtain, gain, or acquire: a suit for alimony;to work for wages

(used to express a wish, as of something to be experienced or obtained):O, for a cold drink!

sensitive or responsive to:an eye for beauty

desirous of: a longing for something;a taste for fancy clothes

in consideration or payment of; in return for: three for a dollar;to be thanked for one's efforts

appropriate or adapted to: a subject for speculation;clothes for winter

with regard or respect to: pressed for time;too warm for April

during the continuance of:for a long time

in favor of; on the side of:to be for honest government

in place of; instead of:a substitute for butter

in the interest of; on behalf of:to act for a client

in exchange for; as an offset to: blow for blow;money for goods

in punishment of:payment for the crime

in honor of:to give a dinner for a person

with the purpose of reaching:to start for London

contributive to:for the advantage of everybody

in order to save:to flee for one's life

in order to become:to train recruits for soldiers

in assignment or attribution to: an appointment for the afternoon;That's for you to decide

such as to allow of or to require:too many for separate mention

such as results in:his reason for going

as affecting the interests or circumstances of:bad for one's health

in proportion or with reference to:He is tall for his age

in the character of; as being:to know a thing for a fact

by reason of; because of: to shout for joy;a city famed for its beauty

in spite of:He's a decent guy for all that

to the extent or amount of:to walk for a mile

(used to introduce a subject in an infinitive phrase):It's time for me to go

(used to indicate the number of successes out of a specified number of attempts):The batter was for in the game

As conjunction

seeing that; since

because

As Idioms

for it, British

in (def )

Basement

As noun

a story of a building, partly or wholly underground

(in classical and Renaissance architecture) the portion of a building beneath the principal story, treated as a single compositional unit

the lowermost portion of a structure

the substructure of a columnar or arched construction