Noun

1. Gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden rods supported on uprights
2. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
3. A counter where you can obtain food or drink
4. A rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon
5. Musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats
6. An obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal
7. The act of preventing
8. (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter
9. A submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore
10. The body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction
11. A narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background
12. A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
13. A portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine; used by united states troops in world war i and in world war ii and in the korean war
14. A horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises
15. A heating element in an electric fire
16. (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried

Verb

1. Prevent from entering; keep out
2. Render unsuitable for passage
3. Expel, as if by official decree
4. Secure with, or as if with, bars