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- Dictionarybarrier/ˈbarɪə/
noun
- 1. a fence or other obstacle that prevents movement or access: "the mountain barrier between Norway and Sweden" Similar
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BARRIER definition: 1. a long pole, fence, wall, or natural feature, such as a mountain or sea, that stops people from…. Learn more.
a long pole, fence, wall, or natural feature, such as a mountain or sea, that stops people from going somewhere: Barriers have been erected all along the route the Pope will take. The mountains acted as a natural barrier to the spread of the disease. See also. crash barrier. UK.
: a natural formation or structure that prevents or hinders movement or action. geographic barriers to species dissemination. barrier beaches. drugs that cross the placental barrier. 2. barriers or Barriers plural : a medieval war game in which combatants fight on foot with a fence or railing between them. 3.
noun. anything serving to obstruct passage or to maintain separation, such as a fence or gate. anything that prevents or obstructs passage, access, or progress. a barrier of distrust. anything that separates or hinders union. a language barrier. an exposed offshore sand bar separated from the shore by a lagoon. ( as modifier ) a barrier beach.
Barriers are walls, either physical or metaphorical. They can block movement — the Great Wall of China was a barrier to block invading forces from entering. A window shade is a light barrier. Failing English is a barrier to getting into Harvard.
A barrier is something such as a fence or wall that is put in place to prevent people from moving easily from one area to another. The demonstrators broke through heavy police barriers. As each woman reached the barrier one of the men glanced at her papers.
1. anything serving to obstruct passage or to maintain separation, such as a fence or gate. 2. anything that prevents or obstructs passage, access, or progress: a barrier of distrust. 3. anything that separates or hinders union: a language barrier. 4. (Physical Geography) a. an exposed offshore sand bar separated from the shore by a lagoon.
