barriers
noun
- 1
A structure that bars passage.
- 2
An obstacle or impediment.
- 3
A boundary or limit.
- 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
A separation between two areas of the body where specialized cells allow the entry of certain substances but prevent the entry of others.
- 6
The lists in a tournament.
- 7
(in the plural) A martial exercise of the 15th and 16th centuries.
verb
- 1
To block or obstruct with a barrier.
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