colour bar — n [C usually singular] BrE a set of laws or social customs that prevents black people from going to the same places or taking part in the same activities as white people American Equivalent: color line … Dictionary of contemporary English
colour bar — noun barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites • Syn: ↑color bar, ↑color line, ↑colour line, ↑Jim Crow • Hypernyms: ↑ideological barrier * * * colour bar noun Social discrimination … Useful english dictionary
colour bar — /ˈkʌlə ba/ (say kuluh bah) noun an economic, political, or social barrier separating peoples of different colour, especially one separating non whites from whites. Also, color bar …
colour bar — BrE color bar AmE noun (countable usually singular) a set of laws or social customs that prevent people of different races from going to the same places or taking part in the same activities; color line AmE … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
color line — n [singular] AmE the set of laws or social customs in some places that prevents people of different races from going to the same places or taking part in the same activities British Equivalent: colour bar … Dictionary of contemporary English
Color rendering index — Emitted light spectrum determines the color rendering index of the lamp. Color render … Wikipedia
color line — noun barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites • Syn: ↑color bar, ↑colour bar, ↑colour line, ↑Jim Crow • Hypernyms: ↑ideological barrier * * * noun 1 … Useful english dictionary
color bar — noun barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites • Syn: ↑colour bar, ↑color line, ↑colour line, ↑Jim Crow • Hypernyms: ↑ideological barrier * * * ˈcolor bar 7 [color bar … Useful english dictionary
colour — n. & v. n. (US color) 1 a the sensation produced on the eye by rays of light when resolved as by a prism, selective reflection, etc., into different wavelengths. b perception of colour; a system of colours. 2 one, or any mixture, of the… … Useful english dictionary
colour line — noun barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites • Syn: ↑color bar, ↑colour bar, ↑color line, ↑Jim Crow • Hypernyms: ↑ideological barrier * * * colour line noun A social and political sep … Useful english dictionary
color line — noun (singular) AmE the set of laws or social customs in some places that prevents people of different races from going to the same places or taking part in the same activities; colour bar BrE: Friendship across the color line was rare then … Longman dictionary of contemporary English