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See more synonyms for barrier on Thesaurus.com 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. any natural bar or obstacle: a mountain barrier. anything that restrains or obstructs progress, access, etc.: a trade barrier. a limit or boundary of any kind: the barriers of caste. Physical Geography an antarctic ice shelf or ice front. barrier beach .barriers, History/Historical the palisade or railing surrounding the ground where tourneys and jousts were carried on. Archaic a fortress or stockade. Show More
Origin of barrier 1275–1325; Middle English <
Middle French barriere (
barre bar1 +
-iere <
Latin -āria -ary ); replacing
Middle English barrere <
Anglo-French <
Medieval Latin barrera Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Related Words for barriers fence ,
wall ,
limit ,
roadblock ,
blockade ,
obstacle ,
barricade ,
hurdle ,
railing ,
impediment ,
boundary ,
restriction ,
handicap ,
restraint ,
drawback ,
difficulty ,
hindrance ,
moat ,
bar ,
fortification Examples from the Web for barriers Contemporary Examples of barriers Little by little, the barriers between the mainstream and adult worlds are breaking down.
One would be safe “even if you are 10 feet away and there were no barriers .”
A school with zero forcible sexual offenses may alsoindicate that "people aren't reporting because of other barriers ."
But when it came to the seven identified sites with ISIS affiliations, the Citizen Lab found no barriers to entry.
Able-bodied people rarely notice the barriers that riddle the world which keep the disabled from participating in society.
Historical Examples of barriers Barriers , moreover, must certainly have been thrown across that street.
Already the barriers of custom and common-sense were raising their solid heads.
All barriers were broken down, and she clung to him and cried.
She had chafed when the barriers rose between her mind and theirs.
Hence there should be a free crossing of the barriers in use of materials at all times.
British Dictionary definitions for barriers anything serving to obstruct passage or to maintain separation, such as a fence or gate anything that prevents or obstructs passage, access, or progress a barrier of distrust anything that separates or hinders union a language barrier an exposed offshore sand bar separated from the shore by a lagoon (as modifier ) a barrier beach (sometimes capital) that part of the Antarctic icecap extending over the sea Show More
Word Origin for barrier C14: from Old French barriere , from barre bar 1
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Word Origin and History for barriers 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.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
A boundary or limit. An obstacle or impediment. Something that separates or holds apart. Something immaterial that obstructs or impedes behavior. A physical or biological factor that limits the migration, interbreeding, or free movement of individuals or populations. Show More
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