barriers

 [bar-ee-er]  

bar·ri·er

   [bar-ee-er]
noun
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.
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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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Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English < Middle French barriere (barre bar1 + -iere < Latin -āria -ary); replacing Middle English barrere < Anglo-French < Medieval Latin barrera

Synonyms
1. palisade, wall. 1–3. obstruction, hindrance, impediment. See bar1.

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