barre
or bar
a handrail placed at hip height, used by a dancer to maintain balance during practice.
Origin of barre
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Other definitions for barré (2 of 2)
Textiles. a pattern of stripes or bands of color extending across the warp in woven and knitted fabrics.
Textiles. a streak in the filling direction when one or more picks are of a color different from that of adjacent picks.
Music. a technique of playing a chord on a stringed instrument by laying a finger across the strings at a particular fret, raising their pitch.
Origin of barré
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How to use barre in a sentence
The dancer—and Balanchine's wife and muse—broke barriers for Native Americans at the barre and graced stages all over the world.
Farewell to America’s Ballerina: Remembering Maria Tallchief | Nina Strochlic | April 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIn 1999, I was a junior in high school, and a big story in the small town of barre, Vermont, as a suspected school shooter.
My Strange Passage From Suspected School Shooter to Prom Queen | Gina Tron | January 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTLike with so many “weird kids,” I left most of my nasty cycle behind when I left barre to go to college.
My Strange Passage From Suspected School Shooter to Prom Queen | Gina Tron | January 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIts chapter on HPV vaccines examines 13 kinds of reported problems, from multiple sclerosis to Guillain-barre syndrome.
Colonel barre, so noted in the British parliament as an opponent to the American war, died.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel Munsell
They located near one of the forts, upon a spot of ground which is at present covered by the city of Wilkes-barre.
The Myths of the North American Indians | Lewis SpenceBetween barre and Montmorency I met, in a hired carriage, four men in black, who saluted me smilingly.
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Complete | Jean Jacques RousseauThere are several good old houses here: but I must content myself with the mention of one only in the Rue de la barre.
Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain | George Edmund StreetThe last records of conditions in the Wilkes-barre coal regions confirm the fact of labor scarcity.
Mobilizing Woman-Power | Harriot Stanton Blatch
British Dictionary definitions for barre (1 of 2)
/ French (bar) /
a rail at hip height used for ballet practice and leg exercises
Origin of barre
1British Dictionary definitions for barré (2 of 2)
/ (ˈbæreɪ) /
the act of laying the index finger over some or all of the strings of a guitar, lute, or similar instrument, so that the pitch of each stopped string is simultaneously raised: Compare capo 1
the playing of chords in this manner
to execute (chords) in this manner
by using the barré
Origin of barré
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