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Definition: Barrier |
BarrierNoun1. A structure or object that impedes free movement. 2. Any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective; "intolerance is a barrier to understanding". 3. Anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "barrier" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Barrier \Bar"ri*er\, noun. [from Old English expression barrere, barere, French barri[`e]re, from barre bar. See Bar, noun.]. (references) |
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Building & Civil Engineering | A part providing protection against direct contact from any usual direction of access. Source: European Union. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | The potential difference between metal and a semiconductor, or between regions within a semiconductor material, arising from difference in the equilibrium values of the Fermi levels. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | Any obstruction to the spread of fire, typically an area or strip devoid of combustible material. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Gear, made of various materials(stakes, branches, reeds, netting, etc. ), usually constructed in tidal waters. Differs from the fixed gillnets which, when the tide ebbs, may eventually allow the fish not entangled or gilled to pass freely underneath their bottom line. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Fish trap. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Military | A coordinated series of obstacles designed or employed to detect, channel, direct, restrict, delay, or stop the movement of an opposing force, and to impose additional losses in personnel, time, and equipment on the opposing force. See also antisubmarine barrier. (references) |
Military & Defense | A co-ordinated series of obstacles designed or employed to canalize, direct, restrict, delay or stop the movement of an opposing force, and to impose additional losses in personnel, time and equipment on the opposing force. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | Blocks of coal left between the workings of different mine owners and within those of a particular mine for safety and the reduction of operational costs. It helps to prevent disasters of inundation by water, of explosions, or fire involving an adjacent mine or another part of a mine and to prevent water running from one mine to another or from one section to another of the same mine. See also:barrier pillar. (references) |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
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BARRIER | English | Development of a multimedia database providing information on the accessibility in public buildings for people with handicaps to their mobility | Computing, Social Sciences |
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Synonym: BarrierSynonym: roadblock (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Defense | Safeguard; (safety); balistraria; bunker, screen; (shelter); camouflage; (concealment); fortification; munition, muniment; trench, foxhole; bulwark, fosse, moat, ditch, entrenchment, intrenchment; kila; dike, dyke; parapet, sunk fence, embankment, mound, mole, bank, sandbag, revetment; earth work, field-work; fence, wall dead wall, contravallation; paling; (inclosure); palisade, haha, stockade, stoccado, laager, sangar; barrier, barricade; boom; portcullis, chevaux de frise; abatis, abattis, abbatis; vallum, circumvallation, battlement, rampart, scarp; escarp, counter-scarp; glacis, casemate; vallation, vanfos. |
Hindrance | Bar, stile, barrier; |
Inclosure | Barrier, barricade; gate, gateway; bent, dingle; door, hatch, cordon; prison. |
Prison | Bolt, deadbolt, bar, lock, police lock, combination lock, padlock, rail, wall, stone wall; paling, palisade; fence, picket fence, barbed wire fence, Cyclone fence, stockade fence, chain-link fence; barrier, barricade. |
Refuge | Covert, cover, shelter, screen, lee wall, wing, shield, umbrella; barrier; dashboard, dasher. |
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Screenplays | You wanna hear something really nutty? I heard of a couple guys who wanna build something called an airplane, you know you get people to go in, and fly around like birds, it's ridiculous, right? And what about breaking the sound barrier, or rockets to the moon (Contact; writing credit: Carl Sagan;) Close to 80%! Nobody's ever cracked the 50% barrier! Jerry Seinfeld, you're not fit to wear this uniform (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) The first barrier in the ascent of Everest is a huge ice fall (The Man Who Skied Down Everest; writing credit: Kyle Onstott; Jack Kirkland) It's some kind of invisible barrier. (Time Bandits; writing credit: Terry Gilliam; Michael Palin) Oh, so that's what an invisible barrier looks like (Time Bandits; writing credit: Terry Gilliam; Michael Palin) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Barrier Reef (1971) Breaking the Language Barrier (1961) Beyond the Time Barrier (1960) The Flame Barrier (1958) Crashing the Water Barrier (1956) | |
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 | This illustration with and without text, titled "How Cancer Spreads" explains the process of metastasis. Once metastatic cells are attached to the basement membrane (a physical barrier that seperates tissue components), they break through with the help of an enzyme called type IV collagenase. Cancer cells then move through the blood stream enabling them to spread to other parts of the body. A secondary tumor may form at another site in the body. See artwork: GA-17. Credit: Jane Hurd (artist). |  | Classic atoll with barrier reef on the outside and lagoon on the inside. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Tree roots exposed because of erosion on the north end of Sapelo's beach. Typical of barrier islands, sand from the north end of Sapelo and Blackbeard is eroded away by ocean currents and deposited at the south end where sand dunes continue to build. The erosion leaves behind trees that were once protected by dunes exposed to the ocean. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Barrier beaches near Westerly. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Observing party on a barrier island. Tall hydro signal built to increase offshore range for visual control. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Ice studies on barrier island offshore of Seward Peninsula. Credit: Flying With NOAA. |
 | The hurricane barrier in New Bedford Harbor, Fairhaven shore on the East side. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | The beginning of the hurricane barrier, inside of the northern side of the barrier. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Key Island Before -- Australian pines took over the barrier island, shading out native vegetation and displacing sea oats, a native fore-dune stabilizer, and other native plants. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |  | Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve. Satellite image of Sapelo Island. Sapelo Island is Georgia's 4th largest barrier island measuring approximately 11X3 miles. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
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| "Police Barrier" by Scott Ratcliffe Commentary: "Police barrier to block off a street in New York with a streetfair going on." | "Lady musgrave island" by Stuart Creegan Commentary: "Lady musgrave island in the great barrier reef." |
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 | Jet; airplane; sound barrier; jet propulsion. |
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(sarah) Margaret Fuller | We would have every arbitrary barrier thrown down. We would have every path laid open to Woman as freely as to Man. |
Author Unknown | The largest barrier to success is removing the mattress from one's back in the morning. |
George Eliot | Human beliefs, like all other natural growths, elude the barrier of systems. |
Thomas Brackett Reed | To say that a thing has never yet been done among men is to erect a barrier stronger than reason, stronger than discussion. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Marius felt a barrier, the purity of Cosette, and Cosette felt a support, the loyalty of Marius |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Nearly all the time the barrier of loneliness cut Uncle John off from people and from appetites |
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Health | Immunologic rejection is a major barrier to successful transplantation. (references) | |
However, new technologies have been forged that can overcome such a barrier. (references) | ||
Soon after injection (or inhalation), heroin crosses the blood-brain barrier. (references) | ||
Business | In this regard, the language barrier appears to pose a main obstacle. (references) | |
To begin with, you should not underestimate the significance of the language barrier. (references) | ||
There is no barrier to entry for imports of automotive service machinery or equipment into Thailand. (references) | ||
Children | Bhutan | The closure of the schools acts as an effective barrier to the ability of the ethnic Nepalese in southern areas to obtain a primary education. (references) |
South Africa | The report further noted that "sexual violence and harassment in South African schools erect a discriminatory barrier for young women and girls seeking an education." A 2000 survey documented that 39 percent of sexually active teenage girls reported being raped. (references) | |
Czech Republic | According to the Ministry of Education, there were 200 Romani assistant teachers in the school system during the year, an increase from 144 in 2000. Joint Romani-Czech language textbooks are used in 60 elementary schools to help overcome the barrier in the early school years between Romani children and non-Romani speaking teachers. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Guatemala | MINUGUA concluded that the high cost of the public auction system was an effective barrier to rural indigenous access to radio frequencies. (references) |
United Kingdom | The Orange Order contended that the commission's ruling was a violation of their civil and religious liberties and conducted a peaceful demonstration at the barrier. (references) | |
Latvia | The Government has approached Russia and Belarus about concluding refugee readmission agreements, the lack of which poses a major barrier to effective control of the eastern border. (references) | |
Economic History | Uk | Intensity of competition and oversupply has become a market barrier in some sectors. (references) |
Belgium | American companies have not, however, identified corruption as a barrier to investment. (references) | |
Egypt | Inadequate patent protection has been so far the biggest barrier to licensing in Egypt. (references) | |
Human Rights | United Kingdom | Human rights monitors have criticized small group isolation; the lack of adequate exercise, work, educational opportunities, and natural daylight; and the strict enforcement of noncontact visits through a glass barrier. (references) |
Minorities | Nicaragua | Most citizens are of mixed background, and ethnicity is not a barrier to political or economic success. (references) |
Political Economy | EGYPT | Product specification also can be a barrier to trade. (references) |
Political Rights | Kazakhstan | This fee represented a 75 percent decrease over previous registration fees, which opposition figures, human rights monitors, and the OSCE/ODIHR had considered a barrier to participation. (references) |
Trade | Azerbaijan | The GOAJ's inadequate IPR protections amount to a trade barrier. (references) |
Spain | Neither of the following documents constitutes a trade barrier for U.S.-origin goods. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Thailand | Another barrier for stricter enforcement is the court system, which can be cumbersome and time consuming. (references) |
Guatemala | Labor activists consider this requirement to be a nearly insurmountable barrier to the formation of new industrial unions. (references) | |
Turkey | This barrier has the effect of favoring established unions, particularly those affiliated with Turk-Is, the confederation that represents nearly 73 percent of organized labor. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Since Christmas your Government has labored again, with imagination and endurance, to remove any barrier to peaceful settlement. |
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| "Barrier" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.82% of the time. "Barrier" is used about 1,600 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 96.82% | 1,549 | 5,293 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.18% | 51 | 47,619 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,600 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "barrier" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Barrier | Last name | 2,000 | 6,936 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "barrier": absorbing barrier ♦ absorptive barrier ♦ aircraft arresting barrier ♦ antisubmarine barrier ♦ arresting barrier net ♦ barrier berg ♦ barrier conditions ♦ barrier cream ♦ barrier effect ♦ Barrier gate ♦ barrier in ♦ barrier island ♦ barrier lotion ♦ barrier off ♦ barrier reef ♦ barrier reefs ♦ barrier strip ♦ blood brain barrier ♦ Blood-Air Barrier ♦ Blood-Aqueous Barrier ♦ blood-brain barrier ♦ Blood-Retinal Barrier ♦ Blood-Testis Barrier ♦ break the sound barrier ♦ break through the barrier ♦ build a barrier ♦ cell barrier ♦ cesarian originated barrier sustained ♦ contact barrier seal ♦ crash barrier ♦ crush barrier ♦ cultural barrier ♦ customs barrier ♦ diffusing barrier ♦ diffusion barrier ♦ emergency barrier ♦ floating barrier ♦ heat barrier ♦ ideological barrier ♦ import barrier ♦ ion barrier ♦ junction barrier ♦ language barrier ♦ mobile deformable barrier face ♦ movable barrier ♦ pain barrier ♦ placental barrier ♦ sonic barrier ♦ sound barrier ♦ thermal barrier ♦ trade barrier ♦ transonic barrier ♦ vapor barrier. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "barrier": barrier-breaker, barrier-breaking, barrier-field, barrier-free, barrier-pole, barrier-ridden. | |
Ending with "barrier": age-barrier, cordon-barrier, half-barrier, oolitic-barrier, pedestrian-barrier, pole-barrier, sand-barrier, sound-barrier, ticket-barrier, word-barrier. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "barrier"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | barrière, afsluiting (dam, fence). (various references) | |
Albanian | pengesë (balk, bar, baulk, block, boom, chock, clog, cramp, crash barrier, cumber, detention, difficulty, dike, disadvantage, drag, drawback, encumbrance, fetter, handicap, hedge, hindrance, hitch, hold up, holdback, hurdle, impediment, interference, interruption, jamming, liability, manacle, mash, obstacle, obstruction, preclusion, pullback, retardation, retardment, rub, setback, stay, stoppage, stumbling block, stumbling-stone, stunt, traverse, trip up), ledh (bank, bar, dike, levee, traverse), hyrje (access, accession, adit, aisle, door, entrance, entry, front door, gate, gateway, hall, hallway, incoming, induction, inflow, inflowing, ingoing, ingress, inlet, input, intake, intromission, lead in, opening, porch, portal, preamble, preface, prelude, proem, prolegomena, prologue, throat), gardh (fence, hedge, hindrance, hurdle, impediment, obstacle, pale, rail, rails, ring fence, stockade), digë (dike, dyke, Weir). (various references) | |
Arabic | مدينة محصنة, قلعة محصنة, حاجز (arresting, bail, bar, barricade, block, dike, divider, division, dyke, fence, jamming, levee, obstacle, parapet, partition, rail, screen, stem, traverse), تخم (borderland, delimit, demarcate, edge, march, mark off), عائق (balk, bar, clog, deterrent, difficulty, disadvantage, drag, embarrassment, encumbrance, fencing, hamper, handicap, hindrance, impediment, inconvenience, interference, jam, liability, morass, obstruction, obstructive, restraint, setback, shackle, stick, stumbling block, stymie, tie, trammel, traverse), الحاجز (bulkhead, hurdle). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | ограничение (abridgement, bondage, circumscription, constraint, limitation, modification, restriction), застава (picket, piquet), бариера (gate, railing, traverse), препятствие (contrariety, dike, fence, hamper, hedge, hurdle, interference, jump, obstacle, obstruction, stop, stumbling block). (various references) | |
Chinese | 障礙 (hindrance, impediment, obstruction), 障碍 (handicap, Hassel, hassle, hurdle, hurdles, impediment), 欄柵 , 壁壘 (rampart). (various references) | |
Czech | bariéra, závora (bar, bolt, crossbar, Pike, push-bolt, rail, Toll bar, toll gate), překážka (balk, bar, blockage, fence, hamper, hazard, hindrance, holdback, hurdle, impediment, jump, obstacle, obstruction, resistance, restriction, roadblock, rub, snag, trig), přehrada (barrage, dam, reservoir), ohrada (enclosure, fence, hoarding, paling, pen, wall), mantinel (cushion). (various references) | |
Danish | barriere (fender). (various references) | |
Dutch | barrière (bar, dam, fence), hek (fence, grate, grid, grill), heining (fence), afsluiting (dam, fence). (various references) | |
Esperanto | baro (bar), barilo (fence), bariero. (various references) | |
Faeroese | forðing (bar). (various references) | |
Farsi | نرده یامانع عبوردشمن , حصار (Cramp, Enclosure, Fence, Fold, Fort, Hag, Hedge, Inclose, Wall), سد (Dam, Dike, Pile, Sluice, Stank, Stoppage), راه کسی رابستن . (various references) | |
Finnish | suojus (case, casing, cover, guard, jacket, protector, screen, shelter, shield), sulku (barricade, block, dam, flood-gate, lock, obstruction, sluice), raja (border, bound, boundary, frontier, limit), puomi (bar, beam, boom), pato (barrage, dam, dike, dyke, embankment), este (check, fence, hindrance, hurdle, impediment, obstacle, obstruction, restraint), aidata (bar, enclose, fence). (various references) | |
French | barrière (barricade), obstacle (bar, barricade). (various references) | |
Frisian | ôfsluting (fence). (various references) | |
German | barriere (barrage), sperre (ban, barring, blackout, blockade, boom, detent, elimination, embargo, fence, gate, interlock, lock, lock out, locking device, lockout, mental block, obstacle, roadblock), absperrung (blocking off, closing off, cordon), schranke (balustrade, banisters, bar, barricade, boom, bound, boundary, dam, fence, frontier, gate, handicap, impediment, limit, obstacle, parapet, railing), Grenzschicht (interface). (various references) | |
Greek | φράγμα (barricade, dam, dike, groyne), φραγμός (block, dam, impedim, obstacle, restraint), εμπόδιο (block, encumbrance, handicap, hindrance, hitch, hurdle, impediment, obstacle, obstruction, obtrusion, stumbling block, trammel, trig). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מחסום (barrage, barricade, block, dam, hurdle, obstacle), חיץ (partition, screen), בלם (brake, brake gear, stopper). (various references) | |
Hungarian | korlát (balustrade, banister, banisters, bar, confine, delimination, fence, handrail, parapet, rail, railing, shackle, stint), akadály (balk, bar, blockage, check, cumber, difficulty, drag, drawback, handicap, hang fire, hindrance, hitch, hobble, hurdle, impediment, leap, let, lion in the path, lion in the way, malfunction, objection, obstacle, obstruction, retardation, ring fence, snag, stumbling block, stumbling-block, stumbling-stone, throw back, trammel, traverse). (various references) | |
Indonesian | batangan (bar, boom, by the bar, cross beam, trunk), kendala (constraint, obstacle), empangan (fish pond). (various references) | |
Italian | barriera (bar, hedge, hurdle), sbarramento (barrage, obstruction, Weir). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 関 (gate). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | バリアー , バリア , なんかん, しょうへき (enclosing wall, fence, wall), せきしょ (checking station), せき (cough, dam, gate, house, hut, inn, mansion, one's domicile, one's family register, product, seat, sluice), かんもん (gateway, summons), へいがい (evil practice, ordinary, usual). (various references) | |
Korean | 방벽. (various references) | |
Manx | cleigh scarree. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arrierbay.(various references) | |
Polish | przeszkoda (bar). (various references) | |
Portuguese | barreira (bar, bound, fence, fencing, gate, hedge, hurdle, limit, pale, pike, restraint, screen), obstáculo (balk, baulk, bunker, but, clog, cramp, difficulty, dike, dyke, jump, let, obstacle, obstruction, plummet, preventer, prevention, rub, stop, trammels), barragem (barrage, boom, dam, weir). (various references) | |
Romanian | barierã (bar, border, dike, fence, fencing, gate, grating, hindrance, lifting gate, obstruction, Pike, screen, stile, turnpike), zid (bulwark, wall), zãgaz (bank, breakwater, dam, dike, embankment, flood gate, groin, levee, pier, Weir), rampã (acclivity, banister, banisters, float, footlights, grade, handrail, limelight, platform, ramp, slope, stage-lights), poartã (door, entrance, gate, gateway, goal, port), obstacol (bar, check, clog, cumber, delay, dike, drag, drawback, encumbrance, entanglement, hazard, hindrance, hitch, hold back, hurdle, impediment, interference, jog, leap, marplot, object, obstacle, obstruction, rub, snag, stay), limitã (ambit, border, borderland, bound, boundary, brink, ceiling, circumscription, coast, compass, confine, division, edge, end, extremity, limit, line, margin, pale, precinct, termination, terminus, tether, the last straw, verge), graniţã (ambit, border, bound, boundary, bourn, Bourne, confine, confines, division, extremity, frontier, March, margin, mete, terminus, verge), închide cu o barierã. (various references) | |
Russian | барьер (hurdle). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | prepreka (ado, balk, bar, barrage, baulk, difficulty, drag, drawback, hang up, hindrance, holdback, hurdle, impeachment, impediment, liability, obstacle, obstruction, set back, setback, snag, static, trammel, traverse). (various references) | |
Spanish | reja (fence, grate, grating, grid, grill, grille, screen, share), barrera (backstop, bar, gate, hurdle, Pike, wall), obstrucción (bar, block, blockage, clog, dam, fence, goaf, jam, lumber, obstruction, stoppage). (various references) | |
Swedish | spärr (bar, hedge, lock, spare, turnstile), skrank (bar), bom (bar, beam, bolt, boom, Derrick, fence, level-crossing gate, Miss, spar). (various references) | |
Turkish | engel (balk, bar, barrage, barricade, baulk, block, check, clog, countercheck, counterwork, cramp, Crimp, dam, determent, difficulty, discouragement, disincentive, drag, drawback, encumbrance, entanglement, fence, handicap, hedge, hindrance, hobble, hold up, holdback, hurdle, impediment, interference, let, obstacle, obstruction, restraint, retardation, rub, shackles, slashing, snag, stay, stick, stop, stumbling block, supersedeas, tie, trammel). (various references) | |
Turkmen | barяer (r). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | рубіж (confine, delimitation, frontier, limit), цілик (arch, bearer), шельфовий лід, шлагбаум (bar), крижаний бар'єр, огорожа (balconet, enclosure, fence, fencing, haw, inclosure, pale, rail, railing), межа (abutment, balk, border, bound, brink, butt, ceiling, circumference, circumscription, delimitation, frontier, limit, pale, precinct, side-land, tiptop, ultimate, verge), застава (bail, bailment, bond, borrow, gate, guarantee, hostage, mortgage, outpost, pawn, pledge, recognizance, toll bar), лінія поділу, бар'єр (bar, hurdle), прикордонна фортеця, перешкода (back-set, baffle, balk, bar, barricade, block, bridle, check, clog, contrariety, countercheck, cramp, cumber, dike, disability, discouragement, drawback, dyke, encumbrance, handicap, hindrance, hitch, hold back, interference, leap, marplot, nuisance, obex, objection, obstacle, obstruction, obstructive, occlusor, preclusion, pullback, stop, trammels, traverse, wall), перемичка (brattice, bridge, bulkhead, lintel), перила (baluster). (various references) | |
Welsh | terfyn (bound, boundary, end, extremity), rhwystr (bar, hindrance, obstacle), ffin (border, bound, boundary, limit), atalfa (check, prevention, stoppage). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | cancer, moles, murus, obex. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "barrier": barriers. (additional references) | |
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"Barrier" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: arrier, Bahriye, Barbiere, barcie, Barere, barien, Barnier, barrae, Barrard, Barreiro, barrer, Barrere, Barrero, barriar, barrie, barried, barrien, barriera, barriered, barrior, barrir, berrie, berrier, Berriew, Berryer, Birrer, Bortier, brarer. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "barrier" (pronounced ba"rēer) |
| 4 | -a" r ē er | carrier, Charrier. |
| 3 | -r ē er | angrier, anterior, couturier, exterior, farrier, harrier, hungrier, inferior, interior, merrier, scarier, superior, terrier, ulterior, warrior. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-i-r-r-r" | |
-2 letters: airer, barer, barre, briar, brier, rarer, rebar. | |
-3 letters: abri, bare, bear, bier, birr, brae, brie, brrr, rare, rear. | |
-4 letters: air, arb, are, bar, bra, brr, ear, era, err, ire, reb, rei, ria, rib. | |
-5 letters: ab, ae, ai, ar, ba, be, bi, er, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-i-r-r-r" | |
+1 letter: barriers. | |
+2 letters: barrister. | |
+3 letters: arbitrager, barberries, barratries, barretries, barristers, bizarrerie. | |
+4 letters: arbitragers, arbitrageur, ballcarrier, bearberries, bizarreries, charbroiler, cranberries, irreparable, irreparably, raspberries, trainbearer, transcriber. | |
+5 letters: arbitrageurs, ballcarriers, brainstormer, charbroilers, coralberries, interlibrary, irreformable, irrefragable, irrefragably, rowanberries, strawberries, sugarberries, trailbreaker, trainbearers, transcribers. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Familiar 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Speeches 14. Usage Frequency 15. Names: Frequency 16. Expressions | 17. Expressions: Internet 18. Translations: Modern 19. Translations: Ancient 20. Abbreviations | 21. Acronyms 22. Derivations 23. Rhymes 24. Anagrams | 25. Bibliography |
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