barrier
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[bar-ee-er] 
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| 1. | anything built or serving to bar passage, as a railing, fence, or the like: People may pass through the barrier only when their train is announced. |
| 2. | any natural bar or obstacle: a mountain barrier. |
| 3. | anything that restrains or obstructs progress, access, etc.: a trade barrier. |
| 4. | a limit or boundary of any kind: the barriers of caste. |
| 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. |
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| bar·ri·er (bār'ē-ər) n.
[Middle English barrer, from Old French barriere, from Vulgar Latin *barrāria, from *barra, bar.] |
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barrier
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Main Entry: bar·ri·er
Pronunciation: 'bar-E-&r
Function: noun
1 : a material object or set of objects that separates, demarcates,or serves as a barricade —see BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER,
2 : a factor that tends to restrict the free movement, mingling, or interbreeding of individuals or populations
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barrier bar·ri·er (bār'ē-ər)
n.
A structure, such as a fence, built to bar passage.
A boundary or limit.
An obstacle or impediment.
Something that separates or holds apart.
Something immaterial that obstructs or impedes behavior.
A physical or biological factor that limits the migration, interbreeding, or free movement of individuals or populations.
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