sidebar

Meanings

1. A short news story printed alongside a larger one.
2. A block of information placed at the side of a printed page.
3. A block of information placed at the side of a webpage.
4. A short conference, between a judge and the attorneys of a case, held outside the hearing of the jury and the spectators at the court.
5. The place in the courtroom where such a conference happens.
6. An accessory side note or aside made during a conversation, without changing the scope of the audience.
7. A short conversation between a smaller portion of a group held outside the hearing of the rest of the group.

1. To place (information) into a sidebar, or as if into a sidebar.

Etymology

From side + bar.