English Online Dictionary. What means barrier? What does barrier mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle English barryer, barrere, barryȝer, from Old French barriere (compare French barrière), from Old French barre (“bar”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbæɹi.ə(ɹ)/
- (US, without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈbæɹi.ɚ/
- (US, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈbɛɹi.ɚ/
- Rhymes: -æɹiə(ɹ)
Noun
barrier (plural barriers)
- A structure that bars passage.
- An obstacle or impediment.
- A boundary or limit.
- (grammar) 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.
- (physiology) A separation between two areas of the body where specialized cells allow the entry of certain substances but prevent the entry of others.
- (historical) The lists in a tournament.
- (historical, in the plural) A martial exercise of the 15th and 16th centuries.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:hindrance
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Verb
barrier (third-person singular simple present barriers, present participle barriering, simple past and past participle barriered)
- (transitive) To block or obstruct with a barrier.
- Synonym: bar