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Barrier Definition And Meaning |
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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.]
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