Definitions for barrier

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barrier bar·ri·er

Spelling: [bar-ee-er]

IPA: /ˈbær i ər/

Barrier is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 85 anagrams from letters in barrier (abeirrr).

Definitions for barrier

noun

1. anything built or serving to bar passage, as a railing, fence, or the like:
2. any natural bar or obstacle:
3. anything that restrains or obstructs progress, access, etc.:
4. a limit or boundary of any kind:
5. Physical Geography. an antarctic ice shelf or ice front.
6. barrier beach.
7. barriers, History/Historical. the palisade or railing surrounding the ground where tourneys and jousts were carried on.
8. Archaic. a fortress or stockade.

Origin of barrier

1275-1325; Middle English Middle French barriere (barre bar¹ + -iere Latin -āria -ary); replacing Middle English barrere Anglo-Frenc

Examples for barrier

The barrier between Dick and Viviette was not of his making.

He added, “It serves as a barrier to acceptance by the mainstream public—and, therefore, advertisers.”

Language was no barrier; just about every tongue on the planet was babbling away, caught up in the elaborate mystique of a cult.

It is pride that sets a barrier between you and your companions.

In the midst of the barrier stood an altar, on the top of which was a brazen eagle.

They no longer had that, and between them both lay like a barrier their last conversation.

The innocence of that child and how it can break down any barrier.

She quickly dismissed any notions that her gender identity was a barrier for entry for Republican support in her district.

The first barrier for women is the Islamic dress code or hijab.

It was evidently impracticable to pass the barrier of that reply.