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barriers


noun

  1. anything built or serving to bar passage, as a railing, fence, or the like: People may pass through the barrier only when their train is announced.
  2. any natural bar or obstacle: a mountain barrier.
  3. anything that restrains or obstructs progress, access, etc.: a trade barrier.
  4. a limit or boundary of any kind: the barriers of caste.
  5. Physical Geography. an antarctic ice shelf or ice front.
  6. barrier beach.
  7. barriers, History/Historical. the palisade or railing surrounding the ground where tourneys and jousts were carried on.
  8. Archaic. a fortress or stockade.

noun

  1. anything serving to obstruct passage or to maintain separation, such as a fence or gate
  2. anything that prevents or obstructs passage, access, or progressa barrier of distrust
  3. anything that separates or hinders uniona language barrier
    1. an exposed offshore sand bar separated from the shore by a lagoon
    2. (as modifier)a barrier beach
  4. (sometimes capital) that part of the Antarctic icecap extending over the sea
n.

early 14c., barere, from Anglo-French barrere, Old French barriere “obstacle, gatekeeper,” from barre “bar” (see bar (n.1)). First record of barrier reef is from 1805.

n.

  1. A boundary or limit.
  2. An obstacle or impediment.
  3. Something that separates or holds apart.
  4. Something immaterial that obstructs or impedes behavior.
  5. A physical or biological factor that limits the migration, interbreeding, or free movement of individuals or populations.
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