different between debar vs dewar

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman debarrer

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??b??(?)/

Verb

debar (third-person singular simple present debars, present participle debarring, simple past and past participle debarred)

1. (transitive) To exclude or shut out; to bar.

   • As for the guides, they were debarred from the pleasure of discourse, the one being placed in the van, and the other obliged to bring up the rear.
2. (transitive) to hinder or prevent.
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 28:

     How can I then return in happy plight,

     That am debarr'd the benefit of rest?

3. (US, law, transitive) To prohibit (a person or company that has been convicted of criminal acts in connection with a government program) from future participation in that program.

Usage notes

• Sense 2 is not to be confused with disbar.

Derived terms

• debarment

Translations

Anagrams

• Bader, Beard, Breda, Debra, arbed, ardeb, bared, beard, bread

Ido

Etymology

Same as devar.

Verb

debar (present tense debas, past tense debis, future tense debos, imperative debez, conditional debus)

1. to owe (something to someone), be under obligation (to someone, for something)

Conjugation

Paronyms

• devar (“should”)

English

Alternative forms

• Dewar

Etymology

From the name of inventor James Dewar.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?du?.?/
• Homophone: doer

Noun

dewar (plural dewars)

1. A vacuum flask; a vessel which keeps its contents hotter or cooler than their environment without the need to modify the pressure, by interposing an evacuated region to provide thermal insulation between the contents and the environment.

Synonyms

• Dewar bulb
• Dewar flask
• Dewar tube
• Dewar vessel
• vacuum flask

Translations

See also

• thermos

Anagrams

• Warde, adrew, drawe, wader, wared