A wader, Limosa lapponica, a type of godwit, of the Scolopacidae family

A symbol in musical notation used to subdivide long measures into shorter segments for ease of reading.

plural of double bar line

plural of dotted bar line

A symbol in musical notation used to separate two sections or phrases of music.

plural of bar-winged rail

(idiomatic, informal, derogatory) To spend time drinking alcohol at the bar in a pub.

plural of bar-tailed godwit

plural of bar-crested antshrike

(linguistics) A theory that posits a common syntactic structure for different lexical categories. Each phrase (XP) is the projection of a head (X) and may optionally include a specifier (sister of X-bar, daughter of XP), adjuncts (sister and daughter of X-bar) and complements (sister of X, daughter of X-bar).