barchart

noun
UK /ˈbɑː.tʃɑːt/
US /ˈbɑːr.tʃɑːrt/

A bar chart is a picture that uses bars to show how many things there are.

The teacher made a bar chart to show how many apples each class picked.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A diagram in which rectangular bars of varying lengths represent quantities.

Sales figures were displayed in a bar chart during the meeting.

3. A visual tool used in statistics to compare categories of data.

The researcher used a bar chart to compare survey responses across age groups.

4. A chart with horizontal or vertical bars whose heights or lengths are proportional to the values they represent.

The report included a bar chart showing monthly rainfall.