One bar is a measure of atmospheric pressure that is equal to the pressure felt at sea level on Earth. It has largely replaced the older unit of one atmosphere, which is equal to 1.013 bar. Continue Reading.
This suburb of ours used to be a village, and because some of the people slurred the name and pronounced it Holliwell, many a minor poet indulged in fancies about a Holy Well, with spells and fairies and all the rest of it, filling the suburban drawing-rooms with the Celtic twilight.
scrub. 1  Vegetation consisting chiefly of shrubs and small trees. 2  An area covered with such vegetation; shrubland. 3  A domestic animal that is feral or not purebred. 4  Slang A contemptible or incompetent person. 5  Sports A player not on the varsity or first team.