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granola bar

noun

Etymology

From granola + bar. Attested since the late twentieth century.

  1. derived from *barra✻
  2. derived from barre
  3. inherited from barre
  4. compounded as granola bar — “granola + bar”

Definitions

  1. A confection consisting of granola and sweeteners pressed and baked into a bar shape.

    • John Herrick, chairman of the board of General Mills Canada Ltd. which makes Nature Valley Granola Bars, said you need a little sugar for energy. If you took the sugar out of everything, life would be very dull.
    • If your mental image of a granola bar is a dry, crunchy, relatively tasteless blend of rolled oats and a few raisins, you haven't stopped by the ever-expanding snack bar section lately.
    • Let's compare a candy bar and a granola bar. A chocolate bar with almonds (1 1/2-ounce size) has 18 grams of sugar, and a granola bar has 6 grams of sugar.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA