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▸ noun: An obstacle or impediment.
▸ noun: A boundary or limit.
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (physiology) A separation between two areas of the body where specialized cells allow the entry of certain substances but prevent the entry of others.
▸ noun: (historical) The lists in a tournament.
▸ noun: (historical, in the plural) A martial exercise of the 15th and 16th centuries.
▸ verb: (transitive) To block or obstruct with a barrier.
▸ noun: A surname from French.
Similar:
roadblock,
hurdle,
obstacle,
impediment,
barrie,
barricade,
unbreachable,
threshold,
boundary,
gate,
more...
Opposite:
Types:
fence,
wall,
barbed wire,
moat,
electric fence,
concrete barrier,
chain link fence,
wooden fence,
iron gate,
more...
Phrases:
Adjectives:
brain,
potential,
major,
effective,
physical,
natural,
formidable,
protective,
placental,
insurmountable,
impassable
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