barrier.
A structure that bars passage.
Meaning & usage
A structure that bars passage.
The bus went through a railway barrier and was hit by a train.
The bomber had passed through one checkpoint before blowing himself up at a second barrier.
An obstacle or impediment.
Even a small fee can be a barrier for some students.
A boundary or limit.
Few marathon runners break the three-hour time barrier.
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.
A separation between two areas of the body where specialized cells allow the entry of certain substances but prevent the entry of others.
The lists in a tournament.
A martial exercise of the 15th and 16th centuries.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English barrer, barrere, barryȝer, from Anglo-Norman barrere (compare French barrière), from barre (“bar”).
To block or obstruct with a barrier.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English barrer, barrere, barryȝer, from Anglo-Norman barrere (compare French barrière), from barre (“bar”).
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