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sidebar

(noun) a short news story presenting sidelights on a major story

sidebar

(noun) (law) a courtroom conference between the lawyers and the judge that is held out of the jury’s hearing

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sidebar (plural sidebars)

A short news story printed alongside a larger one.

A block of information placed at the side of a printed page.

(computing) A block of information placed at the side of a webpage.

(US, legal) a short conference, between a judge and the attorneys of a case, held outside the jury's hearing; the place where this happens.

An accessory side note or aside made during a conversation, without changing the scope of the audience.

A short conversation between a smaller portion of a group held outside the hearing of the rest of the group.

Verb

sidebar (third-person singular simple present sidebars, present participle sidebarring, simple past and past participle sidebarred)

to place information into a sidebar

Anagrams

• Beairds, abiders, air beds, airbeds, bardies, barside, braised, darbies, sea bird, seabird

Source: Wiktionary



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