barrier
21barrier — i. As it relates to the sound barrier, it is a barrier to flight encountered by an airplane designed for subsonic speeds when it reaches transonic speeds and meets the turbulence incident of diverse degrees of compressibility. Intense buffet and… …
22barrier — n. 1 a fence or other obstacle that bars advance or access. 2 an obstacle or circumstance that keeps people or things apart, or prevents communication (class barriers; a language barrier). 3 anything that prevents progress or success. 4 a gate at …
23barrier — noun Etymology: Middle English barrere, from Anglo French, from barre bar Date: 14th century 1. a. something material that blocks or is intended to block passage < highway barriers > < a …
24barrier — /ˈbæriə / (say bareeuh) noun 1. anything built or serving to bar passage, as a stockade or fortress, or a railing. 2. any natural bar or obstacle: *Blaxland, Wentworth and Lawson had found a way over the blue barrier that had pinned the settlers… …
25barrier — 1. An obstacle or impediment. 2. In psychiatry, a conflictual agent that blocks behavior that could help resolve a personal struggle. [M.E., fr. O.Fr. barriere, fr. L.L. barraria] blood air b. the material intervening between alveolar air and the …
26barrier — BTR s profits this week went through the £lbn pre tax profits barrier (Independent). Even in the broadest figurative sense, a barrier should suggest some kind of obstacle or impediment, and clearly there is nothing stopping any company from… …
27barrier — noun 1) the barrier across the entrance Syn: fence, railing, barricade, hurdle, bar, blockade, roadblock 2) a barrier to international trade Syn: obstacle, obstruction, hurdle, stumbling block …
28barrier*/ — [ˈbæriə] noun [C] 1) a structure that stops people or vehicles from entering a place Fans broke through the barriers and rushed onto the pitch.[/ex] 2) something that prevents progress or makes it difficult for people to communicate or achieve an …
29barrier — / bæriə/ noun anything which makes it difficult for someone to do something, especially sending goods from one place to another ♦ to impose trade barriers on certain goods to restrict the import of some goods by charging high duty ● They… …
30barrier — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. obstacle, impediment, hindrance. See enclosure, defense. Ant., entrance, opening. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. bar, obstruction, difficulty, hindrance, obstacle, hurdle, fortification, stumbling block,… …
