Barrier

What do we mean by barrier?

A material formation or structure, such as a mountain range or wall, that prevents passage or access. noun

Something immaterial that obstructs or impedes. noun

A membrane, tissue, or mechanism that blocks the passage of certain substances. noun

A physical or biological factor that limits the migration, interbreeding, or free movement of individuals or populations. noun

A movable gate that keeps racehorses in line before the start of a race. noun

The palisades or fences enclosing the lists of a medieval tournament. noun

An ice barrier. noun

In fortification, anything, as a palisade or stockade, designed to obstruct entrance into a fortified place. noun

Plural The palisades or railing surrounding the ground where tourneys and justs were carried on; hence, the sports themselves (formerly sometimes with the plural in a singular sense). noun

Any obstruction; anything which hinders approach, attack, or progress; anything standing in the way; an obstacle: as, to build a wall as a barrier against trespassers; constitutional barriers. noun

A fortress or fortified town on the frontier of a country. noun

A limit or boundary of any kind; a line of separation. noun

The gate, in towns on the continent of Europe, at which local revenue duties are collected. noun

In China, a subordinate customs station placed on an inland trade-route for the collection of duties on goods in transit. noun

In coal-mining, a solid block of coal left unworked between two collieries, for security against the accidents which might occur in consequence of communication between them. noun

See the qualifying words. noun

A treaty in 1748, terminating the War of the Austrian Succession. noun

In 1831, for the settlement of the Belgian question noun

In 1840, for the settlement of the relations between Turkey and Egypt noun

In 1871, abrogating the neutrality of the Black Sea. noun

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.

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.

(in the plural) A martial exercise of the 15th and 16th centuries.

Words that are spelled similarly to barrier:
barrier, carrier, harrier, farrier, barrie, tarrier, barmier, burrier, marrier, barbier, barrer, barries, berrier, barnier.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word barrier:
reef, barriers, fence, lagoon, coral, toll, beaches, islands, membrane, brain, layer, overcome, prevent, molecules, island, sand, marine, gulf, beach, mainland, cells, wall, concrete, israeli, exit, lap, ocean, protect, skin.

Words that rhyme with barrier:
carrier, terrier, harrier, farrier, merrier, perrier, burier, ferrier, airier, warier, scarier, tarrier, pit bull terrier, aircraft carrier, boston terrier, glarier, varier, verier, harier, mail carrier, spear carrier, hen harrier, yorkshire terrier, airedale terrier, fox terrier, common carrier, marrier, lakeland terrier, letter carrier, bull terrier, scottish terrier, welsh terrier, charrier, american pit bull terrier, manchester terrier, tibetan terrier, irish terrier, scotch terrier, silky terrier, american staffordshire terrier, bedlington terrier, norfolk terrier, staffordshire terrier, west highland white terrier, ball carrier, norwich terrier, rat terrier, verrier, luggage carrier, northern harrier, personnel carrier, border terrier, car carrier, kerry blue terrier, marsh harrier, toy manchester terrier, australian terrier, guerrier, berrier, clydesdale terrier, marier, attack aircraft carrier, troop carrier, weapons carrier, toy terrier, cherrier, bury her, carry her, february her, ferry her, harry her, january her, marry her, mary her, remarry her, vary her.

Adjectives that are often used to describe barrier:
brain, potential, major, effective, physical, natural, formidable, protective, placental, insurmountable, impassable, significant, sound, impenetrable, insuperable, only, invisible, mucosal, psychological, serious, strong, bloodbrain, greatest, artificial, mechanical, additional, effectual, solid, absolute, thin, epithelial, impermeable, cultural, outer, aqueous, defensive, schottky, biggest, thermal, wooden, substantial, testis, retinal, principal, gastric, blood, double, permanent, continuous, powerful, intestinal, rocky, epidermal, racial, endothelial, selective, impregnable, huge, concrete, efficient, permeable, rigid, temporary, linguistic, difficult, partial, intact.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective barrier:
reefs, methods, islands, layer, properties, function, creams, free, diode, reef, height, diodes, detectors, beaches, transistor, system, detector, contraceptives, systems, structure, treaty, heights, island, options, formation, fortresses, coatings, nursing, model, forts, structures, transistors, materials, scores, protection, beach, contraception, towns, polymers, layers, penetration, devices, effects, region, approach, precautions, cream, method, techniques, walls, effect, disruption, bond, synchronization, bonds, analysis, material, films, film, type, filters, gerald, bar, gate, removal, design, tube, thickness, functions, environments, synthesis, device, option, mechanisms, grid, potential, morphology, energies, concept, crossing, deposits, junction, michael, recovery, fusion, heterostructures, pillars, capacitance, junctions, basins, coating, photodiodes, breaking.

Consonant match to barrier:
barrio, bourree, bewray, burier, borrower, beria, baria, berrier, barre au, barry a, berry a, borrow a, borrow her, bury a, bury her.

Words that sound like barrier:
barrier, berrier, beerier, burier, barry, barriers, barrie, borrower, blurrier, burrier, breer, borrar, perrier, poirier, berry, border, bury, berries, barter, boarder, barrow, bearer, barker, brewer, briar, busier, barre, berrys, berrie, borer, brier, bari, buries, beery, beary, bowery, bary, barrows, barries, brower, barer, barger, barder, barrer, berri, buri, brar, breyer, borner, burys, bori, bryer, barner, boree, burri, baris, briere, borger, brayer, barie, beria, barras, bierer, borey, barea, beri, brauer, berrey, broer, barringer, baria, burrower, barbier, breuer, brougher, biri, boerner, berar, bourder, bohrer, bushier, boozier, borie, barash, boria, baggier, barmier, brere, bezier, biery, brawer, bieri, buriers, barasch, blearier, boerger, bordar, briare, beeri, hairier.