1 an object like a fence that prevents people from moving forward from one place to another:
The crowd had to stand behind barriers. * Show your ticket at the barrier. * The car crashed into the safety barrier and burst into flames.
seealsoCRASHBARRIER
2 ~ (to sth) a problem, rule or situation that prevents sb from doing sth, or that makes sth impossible:
the removal of trade barriers * Lack of confidence is a psychological barrier to success. * Cost should not be a barrier to the use of legal services. * The world of Disney is a magical experience that knows no age barriers.
3 ~ (between A and B)
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for barrier is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is barrier a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, barrier is tagged as noun.
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