Bars: meaning, definitions and examples

Refers to establishments where alcoholic drinks are served.

• They met at a bar downtown for cocktails.
• The new bar in town is always crowded on weekends.

Refers to a small room in a prison where a prisoner is kept. More generally, it can also describe a small, confined space.

• The prisoner spent years in a tiny cell.
• They held him in a cold, dark cell until the trial.

A building where people are legally held as punishment for crimes they have committed or while awaiting trial.

• After the trial, he was sent to prison for five years.
• Living in that house felt like being in a prison.

Often used to describe a small enclosure made of bars or wire to keep animals or birds inside. Metaphorically, it can describe any form of entrapment.

• The bird sang sadly in its cage.
• She felt like her job was a cage that kept her creativity locked away.