bar code

NOUN

merchandise computer code

Synonyms

WEAK

UPC Universal Product Code

Example Sentences

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Sharma expected the count to take an hour using bar code scanners, but they malfunctioned in the cold, forcing his team to pull an all-nighter and count manually.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Customers use the new postboxes by scanning a bar code on the parcel and dropping it into a drawer - all powered by small solar panels on the top of the box.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2025

The machines scan the bar code on the back of the membership card, showing the membership record, including photo and status, Callans said.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2024

That DNA will act as a kind of minuscule bar code, nestling amid the puffy fibers as they are shuttled to factories in India.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2023

Supermarkets in Denmark have experimented with adding a second bar code to packages of meat.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan