Yes, bars is a Scrabble word!

Verb

1. Prevent from entering; keep out

2. Render unsuitable for passage

3. Expel, as if by official decree

4. Secure with, or as if with, bars

Noun

1. Gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden rods supported on uprights

2. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter

3. A counter where you can obtain food or drink

4. A rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon

5. Musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats

6. An obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal

7. The act of preventing

8. (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter

9. A submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore

10. The body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction

11. A narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background

12. A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)

13. A portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine; used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War

14. A horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises

15. A heating element in an electric fire

16. (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried