| barbecue |
a party, often held outdoors, at which meat and sometimes vegetables are roasted on a grill or spit over an open fire. [4 definitions] |
| barbed wire |
a wire or strands of wire with barbs at regular intervals, used as a military barrier or fencing for livestock; barbwire. |
| barbell |
a usu. metal bar with removable weights at each end, used in weightlifting and exercising. |
| barber |
a person whose business is to shave, cut, or style hair and beards. [2 definitions] |
| barbershop |
the workplace of a barber. [2 definitions] |
| bar code |
a set of vertical bars of varying widths containing coded information that can be read by an optical scanner, usu. printed on the labels of consumer goods, on mail, and the like. (Cf. Universal Product Code.) |
| bare |
lacking clothing or covering; naked. [6 definitions] |
| bareback |
on the back of a horse, donkey, or the like, without a saddle. |
| barefoot |
with nothing on the feet. [2 definitions] |
| barely |
only just; hardly. [2 definitions] |
| bargain |
an agreement that contains the terms of a transaction or exchange. [6 definitions] |
| barge |
a large, long, flat-bottomed boat that is used for carrying freight. [4 definitions] |
| barge in |
to interrupt or intrude, esp. clumsily or impolitely. |
| bar graph |
a graph in which numerical values of data are represented by bars of equal widths but varying lengths, also known as a bar chart. |
| baritone |
the range of the male voice that is intermediate between tenor and bass. [4 definitions] |
| barium |
a chemical element of the alkaline-earth group that has fifty-seven protons in each nucleus and that is usu. found in compounds such as salts. (symbol: Ba) [2 definitions] |
| bark1 |
the harsh sound made by a dog. [7 definitions] |
| bark2 |
the outside covering of the trunks, branches, and roots of woody plants. [3 definitions] |
| barley |
a cereal plant bearing bristled grains on densely packed spikes. [2 definitions] |
| bar mitzvah |
a Jewish ceremony that celebrates a boy's adulthood and the assumption of his religious duties, usu. occurring at the age of thirteen. (Cf. bat mitzvah.) [2 definitions] |
| barn |
a large farm building designed to house livestock or store equipment or produce. |