Barrier
/ˈbæɹi.ɚ/ name, noun, verb
name, noun, verb ·Common ·Middle school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A structure that bars passage.
"The bus went through a railway barrier and was hit by a train."
- 2 a structure or object that impedes free movement wordnet
- 3 An obstacle or impediment.
"Even a small fee can be a barrier for some students."
- 4 any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective wordnet
- 5 A boundary or limit.
"Few marathon runners break the three-hour time barrier."
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- 6 anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access wordnet
- 7 A node (in government and binding theory) said to intervene between other nodes A and B if it is a potential governor for B, c-commands B, and does not c-command A.
- 8 A separation between two areas of the body where specialized cells allow the entry of certain substances but prevent the entry of others.
- 9 The lists in a tournament. historical
- 10 A martial exercise of the 15th and 16th centuries. historical, in-plural
Verb
- 1 To block or obstruct with a barrier. transitive
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname from French.
Example
More examples"Show your ticket at the barrier."
Etymology
From Middle English barryer, barrere, barryȝer, from Old French barriere (compare French barrière), from Old French barre (“bar”).