BARRES | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Barre

Speech Type: Noun

Etymology:

French

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: bɑː
Dialects: British English
Definition:

a horizontal bar at waist level on which ballet dancers rest a hand for support during certain exercises.

Short Definition:

horizontal bar on which ballet dancers rest hand

Definition:

denoting a chord on a guitar or similar instrument in which one finger is laid across all the strings at a particular fret

Short Definition:

denoting chord in which one finger is laid across all the strings

Examples:
  • a barre chord

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