BARS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bars mean? 

• BARS (noun)
  The noun BARS has 1 sense:

1. gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden rods supported on uprights

  Familiarity information: BARS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BARS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden rods supported on uprights

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bars; parallel bars

Hypernyms ("bars" is a kind of...):

exerciser; gymnastic apparatus (sports equipment used in gymnastic exercises)

Meronyms (parts of "bars"):

bar (a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bars"):

uneven bars; uneven parallel bars (a pair of parallel bars set at different heights; used in women's gymnastics)

 Context examples 

At last Jane began, and though the first bars were feebly given, the powers of the instrument were gradually done full justice to.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Specifically, researcher say the atmospheric pressure on the Red Planet was about four bars, compared to one bar on Earth today.

(Heavy Rain May Have Once Fallen on Mars, VOA)

“You don’t use bars, then?” he asked.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Beside the fireplace was a heavy oaken chair with arms and cross-bars at the bottom.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There was Bersicker a-tearin' like a mad thing at the bars as if he wanted to get out.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

My evidence showed that the door had been fastened upon the inner side, and the windows were blocked by old-fashioned shutters with broad iron bars, which were secured every night.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They can come as pills, capsules, powders, drinks, and energy bars.

(Dietary Supplements, NIH: National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements)

A framework of bars designed as a covering or divider.

(Grille Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

The sun shining slantwise through the trees threw delicate traceries across the road, with bars of golden light between.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“We’d start with our swingle-bars touching, and we’d have your dinner ordered, cooked, laid, and eaten before you were there to claim it.”

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)