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Barrier Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Barrier? [n] a structure or object that impedes free movement [n] any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective; "intolerance is a barrier to understanding" [n] anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access Synonyms \| Synonyms for Barrier: roadblock Related Terms \| Find terms related to Barrier: abatis \| advanced work \| arch dam \| backstop \| balistraria \| balustrade \| bamboo curtain \| bank \| banquette \| bar \| barbed-wire entanglement \| barbican \| barrage \| barricade \| bartizan \| bastion \| battlement \| bear-trap dam \| beaver dam \| blank wall \| blind alley \| blind gut \| block \| blockade \| blockage \| bolt \| boom \| bottleneck \| boundary \| brattice \| breakwater \| breastwork \| brick wall \| buffer \| buffer state \| bulkhead \| bulwark \| bumper \| casemate \| cecum \| cheval-de-frise \| choking \| choking off \| circumvallation \| clog \| cloison \| cofferdam \| collision mat \| congestion \| constipation \| contravallation \| costiveness \| counterscarp \| cul-de-sac \| curtain \| cushion \| dam \| dead end \| defense \| demibastion \| diaphragm \| dike \| dissepiment \| ditch \| dividing line \| dividing wall \| division \| drawbridge \| earthwork \| embankment \| embolism \| embolus \| enclosure \| entanglement \| escarp \| escarpment \| fence \| fender \| fieldwork \| fortalice \| fortification \| frontier \| gate \| glacis \| gorge \| gravity dam \| groin \| ha-ha \| hindrance \| hydraulic-fill dam \| impasse \| impediment \| infarct \| infarction \| interseptum \| iron curtain \| jam \| jetty \| leaping weir \| levee \| limit \| lock \| logjam \| loophole \| lunette \| machicolation \| mantelet \| mat \| merlon \| midriff \| midsection \| milldam \| moat \| mole \| mound \| obstacle \| obstipation \| obstruction \| outwork \| pad \| padlock \| palisade \| panel \| parados \| parapet \| paries \| partition \| party wall \| portcullis \| postern gate \| property line \| rail \| railing \| rampart \| ravelin \| redan \| redoubt \| roadblock \| rock-fill dam \| sally port \| scarp \| sconce \| sealing off \| seawall \| separation \| septulum \| septum \| shock pad \| shutter dam \| stockade \| stone wall \| stop \| stoppage \| strangulation \| tenaille \| vallation \| vallum \| wall \| weir \| wicket dam \| work See Also \| balusters \| balustrade \| banister \| bannister \| bar \| barricade \| blood-brain barrier \| breakwater \| bulwark \| bulwarks \| crash barrier \| curtain \| dam \| dike \| dyke \| fence \| fencing \| fender \| grate \| grating \| groin \| groyne \| handrail \| hurdle \| ideological barrier \| impediment \| impedimenta \| jetty \| language barrier \| levee \| mechanism \| mole \| movable barrier \| obstacle \| obstructer \| obstruction \| obstruction \| obstructor \| rail \| railing \| revetment \| roadblock \| seawall \| starting gate \| starting stalls \| wing Barrier In Webster's Dictionary \Bar"ri*er\, n. [OE. barrere, barere, F. barri[`e]re, fr. barre bar. See {Bar}, n.] 1. (Fort.) A carpentry obstruction, stockade, or other obstacle made in a passage in order to stop an enemy. 2. A fortress or fortified town, on the frontier of a country, commanding an avenue of approach. 3. pl. A fence or railing to mark the limits of a place, or to keep back a crowd. No sooner were the barriers opened, than he paced into the lists. --Sir W. Scott. 4. An any obstruction; anything which hinders approach or attack. ``Constitutional barriers.'' --Hopkinson. 5. Any limit or boundary; a line of separation. 'Twixt that [instinct] and reason, what a nice barrier ! --Pope. {Barrier gate}, a heavy gate to close the opening through a barrier. {Barrier reef}, a form of coral reef which runs in the general direction of the shore, and incloses a lagoon channel more or less extensive. {To fight at barriers}, to fight with a barrier between, as a martial exercise. [Obs.]

Barrier Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Barrier?

[n] a structure or object that impedes free movement
[n] any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective; "intolerance is a barrier to understanding"
[n] anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access

Synonyms | Synonyms for Barrier: roadblock

Barrier In Webster's Dictionary

\Bar"ri*er\, n. [OE. barrere, barere, F. barri[`e]re,
fr. barre bar. See {Bar}, n.]
1. (Fort.) A carpentry obstruction, stockade, or other
   obstacle made in a passage in order to stop an enemy.

2. A fortress or fortified town, on the frontier of a
   country, commanding an avenue of approach.

3. pl. A fence or railing to mark the limits of a place, or
   to keep back a crowd.

         No sooner were the barriers opened, than he paced
         into the lists.                       --Sir W.
                                               Scott.

4. An any obstruction; anything which hinders approach or
   attack. ``Constitutional barriers.'' --Hopkinson.

5. Any limit or boundary; a line of separation.

         'Twixt that [instinct] and reason, what a nice
         barrier !                             --Pope.

{Barrier gate}, a heavy gate to close the opening through a
   barrier.

{Barrier reef}, a form of coral reef which runs in the
   general direction of the shore, and incloses a lagoon
   channel more or less extensive.

{To fight at barriers}, to fight with a barrier between, as a
   martial exercise. [Obs.]

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