barriers

/B AE1 R IY0 ER0 Z/
noun
  1. 1

    A structure that bars passage.

  2. 2

    An obstacle or impediment.

  3. 3

    A boundary or limit.

  4. 4

    (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.

  5. 5

    A separation between two areas of the body where specialized cells allow the entry of certain substances but prevent the entry of others.

  6. 6

    The lists in a tournament.

  7. 7

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

verb
  1. 1

    To block or obstruct with a barrier.

    syn:bar

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