Bar and Bat Mitzvah

bar Noun

— A bar is a place that sells alcoholic drinks. I'm going to drink beer at the bar. — A bar is the counter or bench in a hotel or bar where drinks are sold. The waitress stood behind the bar and poured our drinks. — A bar is a box-shaped piece of something. You can buy a bar of soap, or a bar of gold. — A bar is a long, hard thing that looks like a stick. The prisoner was kept behind bars in the jail.

bar Verb

— To bar is to stop someone from doing something; to prohibit. I was barred from entering the club. — To bar is to lock a door or window, or to block it so others can not enter. I barred the door to stop her leaving the room.

bar Preposition

— except; not including He's the fastest runner in the world bar none.

and Conjunction

— You use and to talk about two things at once. I like singing and reading. Mary and Jane went on a holiday together. — You use and when you are listing a few things and you are now on your last item of the list. I like singing, reading, cycling and playing soccer. I used to like this girl from my class as she is pretty, gentle and caring. — And is used when you are putting two sentences together. She came into the store, shouted at the cashier, and left. — Used to show what happened after something else. The alarm went off and I woke up. — And is used to join certain numbers together. Two hundred and thirty-five people went missing after the earthquake.

bat Noun

— A bat is a small, furry animal (a mammal) that has wings and can fly. — A bat is a special stick used to hit the ball in baseball, and in some other games.

bat Verb

— If you bat, you swing something or try to hit something. She batted her eyelashes shyly. The cat batted at the mouse with its paws. The baseball player did not bat well in the game.

mitzvah

— noun (Judaism) a good deed performed out of religious duty — noun (Judaism) a precept or commandment of the Jewish law