Unbar (Verb)
Meaning
Remove a bar from (a door).
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The key turned and a sound echoed as the guard came to unbar the door.
- Quickly, she set to work to unbar the large wooden door that closed off the unused wing of the house.
- The keeper moved forward, keys jangling, to unbar the heavy entrance gates.
- The landlord struggled to unbar the door since the hinges had grown stiff from disuse.
- Only the captain had the authority to unbar the treasure chest in the hold of the ship.