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A bar is generally a long thin object (often made of metal).

Bar or BAR may refer to:

Food and drink

• Bar (establishment), selling alcoholic beverages
• Bar (food), type of food
  • Candy bar
  • Chocolate bar
  • Protein bar

Science and technology

Earth and space

• Bar (river morphology), a deposit of sediment
• Sandbar
• Bar (tropical cyclone), a layer of cloud
• Bar (unit), a unit of pressure
• Bar (galaxy), a feature of many spiral galaxies

Computing

• Bar (computer science), a placeholder name in programming
• Base Address Register in PCI
• Bar, a mobile phone form factor
• Bar, a type of graphical control element
• Space bar, a keyboard key

Biology and kinesiology

• BAR domain, in molecular biology
• Barbell, a long object lifted for exercise
• Chin-up bar, fitness equipment in playgrounds and elsewhere
• Horizontal bar, a gymnastic apparatus
• Spreader bar, an article of bondage equipment

Other uses in science and technology

See also: § Transportation

• Bennett acceptance ratio in thermodynamics
• Bar stock, a form of raw purified metal used in industry
• Crash bar, a door opening mechanism
• Crowbar, a prying tool
• Digging bar, a tool
• Rebar, steel reinforcement, used in construction
• Torsion bar or torsion spring, a device that stores mechanical energy through twisting

Typography and language

• Fraction bar
• Vertical bar or pipe, a punctuation symbol
• Underbar, a line under a formula or segment of text
• Overbar, a line over a formula or segment of text
• Bar (diacritic), a line through a letter
• X-bar theory, in linguistics
• Bavarian language (ISO 639-3 code "bar")

Business and law

• Gold bar, a storage form of gold
• Business Analysis and Reporting in the Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination
• Bar (law), the legal profession
• Bar association
• Bar examination

Arts and media

Television

• Bar (Croatian TV series)
• Bar (Czech TV series)
• Bar (Polish TV series)
• Bar (Slovenian TV series)

Dance and music

• Bar (dance), Turkey
• Bar (music) or measure, segment bounded by vertical lines
• Chime bar, a musical instrument
• "Bar" (song), 2021 single by Tini featuring L-Gante, from Cupido (2023)
• B.A.R. (Bay Area Representatives), 2014 album by Lil Wyte and Frayser Boy

Literature

• Bay Area Reporter, a newspaper
• Biblical Archaeology Review, a magazine
• British Archaeological Reports, a book series

Places

Asia

• Bar, Rutog County, Tibet, China
• Bar Region, Punjab, Pakistan
• Bar, Republic of Buryatia, Russia

Iran

• Bar, Bushehr, a village
• Bar, Hormozgan, a village
• Bar, Razavi Khorasan, a city

Europe

• Bár, Hungary, a village
• Bar Municipality, Montenegro
  • Bar, Montenegro, a town
• Bar, Ukraine, a town

France

• Bar (Ardennes river)
• Bar, Corrèze, a commune
• Bar-le-Duc, a commune formerly known as "Bar"
• Bar-sur-Aube, a commune
• Bar-sur-Seine, a commune
• Duchy of Bar, part of the Holy Roman Empire

North America

• Barbados (IOC and UNDP country code BAR)

Solar System

• Bar (Martian crater)

Transportation

Cars

• Bumper bar, a structure on the front and back
• Sway bar, a part of the suspension
• Torsion bar suspension
• California Bureau of Automotive Repair, a consumer protection agency

Trains

• Bangor and Aroostook Railroad, Maine, US (reporting mark BAR)
• Barstow Harvey House, California, US (Amtrak station code BAR)

Other transportation

• Qionghai Bo'ao Airport (IATA code BAR)

Motorsports

• British American Racing, a Formula One constructor
• BlackArts Racing Team, a motor racing team from Hong Kong

Military

• Medal bar, additional award
• Bar (heraldry), a band across a shield
• M1918 Browning automatic rifle
• Browning BAR, a Belgian rifle
• Blaauwberg Armoured Regiment, South African Army
• Bar Confederation, an 18th-century Polish association

Other uses

• Bar (Aramaic), a patronymic prefix in Aramaic
• Bar (name)
• Hebrew: בַּר, romanized: bar, lit. 'son of', such as in Bar Mitzvah, a Jewish coming of age ceremony
• "Bar", a name for some gatehouses

See also

• Bär (disambiguation)
• The Bar (disambiguation)
• Barr (disambiguation)
• Barre (disambiguation)
• Bars (disambiguation)
• Barbar (disambiguation)
• FUBAR (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with bar
• All pages with titles containing bar