bar
noun [C] (DRINKING PLACE) /bɑːr/
/bɑːr/ Definition
A1 a place where drinks, especially alcoholic drinks, are sold and drunk, or the area in such a place where the person serving the drinks stands: They noticed him going into the hotel bar. There weren't any free tables, so I sat at the bar. Why don't you ask the guy behind the bar (= serving drinks there)?Selling and serving alcoholic drinksPublic entertainment venues
(Definition of bar noun (DRINKING PLACE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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