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- pronunciation:
- baer
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
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noun |
| definition 1: |
something erected to bar passage such as a fence, wall, or the like.
- synonyms:
- bar, obstacle, obstruction
- similar words:
- barricade, blockade, breakwater, breastwork, bulwark, circumvallation, earthwork, embankment, fence, moat, palisade, railing, rampart, roadblock, stockade, wall
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| definition 2: |
a natural bar to passage.
The flooded river was a barrier to the hikers.- synonyms:
- bar, impediment, obstacle, obstruction, roadblock
- similar words:
- block, hindrance
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| definition 3: |
anything that impedes or restricts.
Her lack of education is a barrier to career advancement.- synonyms:
- bar, impediment, obstacle, obstruction, roadblock, stumbling block
- similar words:
- block, check, drawback, hindrance, shackle
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| related words: |
buffer, dam, damp, jump, obstruction, partition, wedge |
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