barrier
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2.8
- noun
- /ˈbɛriər/
:
barrera
- Now you may cross the barrier.
- a physical barrier
- a natural barrier
- barrier island
It is fun, but it breaks down the barrier between students and faculty.
- It is fun, but it breaks down the barrier between students and faculty.
- Little particles can make it across barriers that big particles can't.
- So things that can heal your gut barrier can also heal your blood brain barrier.
- It's all he's doing is putting a barrier between you and them.
- It's like this perfect barrier between the airplane air and your skin.
- What it has to do is punch through an energy barrier, what's called the Coulomb barrier.
- It lowers what we call the activation barrier of an reaction.
- And so that means the barrier can't be as fortified.
Examples
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Please remain behind the barriers...
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Grant and Lex are at the bottom of the large barrier leading up to the park road.
Fiction book (1993) -
Either it is a little barrier or it's tape.
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It's more like a little barrier, but it's a start.
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Yeah, each one of the plants has a a little barrier of this.
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Oh, he would raise and lower the barrier at the crossing, for traffic.
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Line up in single file along the barriers.
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Its work focuses on how sexual harassment in schools operates as a barrier to equal education.
Academic text (2011) -
Locals and tourists alike position themselves behind police barriers that line the major parade routes.
Academic text (1999) -
The road was blocked by a large concrete barrier that prevented any vehicles from passing.
Synonyms
793
1.0
A barrier that opens and closes in a fence or wall
503
5.1
A situation that stops progress or makes it hard to continue
343
3.4
A thing or problem that makes it hard to reach a goal
88
3.8
An obstacle or problem you must overcome
83
4.8
A barrier put up to block a road or entrance
43
4.4
A thing that blocks a passage like a pipe or artery
38
4.1
Something that blocks a pipe or blood vessel and stops flow
24
4.1
A problem you cannot get past
A thing placed across a road or entrance to stop people entering and vehicles passing
An object you move to stop or allow traffic
A block that keeps a vehicle from moving past the end of a track
An object that blocks a path or movement
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
12
4.1
A long narrow line of coral running parallel to the coast with shallow water between it and the land
- Specialized
11
4.6
A long narrow sandy island near the coast that protects the mainland from waves and storms
- Specialized
9
5.0
A government rule that limits goods from other countries, for example by charging extra tax or setting limits
- Specialized
7
6.0
Something that makes it hard for new businesses to enter a market
- Specialized
6
5.7
The point near the speed of sound when a plane feels a sudden push and strong vibration
- Specialized
3
5.1
A barrier of blood vessels and cells that stops harmful substances in the blood from entering the brain
- Offensive
3
5.9
A rule or practice that keeps Black people and other races from taking part equally with white people
- Specialized
1
8.1
A sudden increase in air resistance when a plane nears the speed of sound
A strong barrier at the side or middle of a road that stops cars from leaving the road
An obstacle to talking and working together because people have different beliefs or values
- Specialized
A limit to how fast planes or spacecraft can go because the air makes them very hot at high speed
- Archaic
A long wooden fence between two knights during a joust to stop them hitting each other
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Morphology
Etymology
Barrier comes from an old French word for bar, a rod or fence placed across a path to stop movement. So, a barrier is an object or structure that 'blocks' access or keeps things apart.