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bar
Noun
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A bar is a place that sells alcoholic drinks.
I'm going to drink beer at the bar.
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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.
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A bar is a box-shaped piece of something.
You can buy a bar of soap, or a bar of gold.
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A bar is a long, hard thing that looks like a stick.
The prisoner was kept behind bars in the jail.
bar
Verb
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To bar is to stop someone from doing something; to prohibit.
I was barred from entering the club.
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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
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except; not including
He's the fastest runner in the world bar none.
load
Noun
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A load is something carried, often something heavy.
The truck arrived with a load of dog food.
You've got quite a load. Let me help you carry it.
The ship won't leave until it has a full load of oil.
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Loads/a load of something is a lot of it.
We've had a load of problems ever since we got the new stuff.
It costs loads of money.
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Your load is how much work you have.
We hired another person to spread the load a bit more.
Teachers are asking for a lower teaching load.
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Load is the amount electrical power produced.
load
Verb
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If you load mathx/math on mathy/math, you put mathx/math on mathy/math to be carried. Usually there is a lot of mathx/math, and/or it is heavy.
We loaded the boxes on the truck and set off for Vancouver.
After loading up the horses, we got on and headed north.
The waiter loaded all the food onto a tray and carried it out.
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If you load a machine, you put in supplies that the machine uses.
He loaded the gun, brought it up, and shot the deer in one continuous motion.
All the software has been loaded onto the computer.