Synonym: barricade, fortification, obstruction. Similar words: carrier, barrel, arrival, warrior, arrive at, embarrassed, fierce, bar. Meaning: ['bærɪə] n. 1. a structure or object that impedes free movement 2. any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective 3. anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access.
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121. In fact islands with multiple barrier reefs are unknown, although a very few double reefs are known.
122. The whole of Berlin seemed to be on the move that day, spreading itself along the barrier like ivy.
123. The lack of communication is emphasized by the language barrier.
124. For a start, sheer distance put a well-nigh insurmountable barrier be-tween me and my peers.
125. They had scarcely addressed a word to her but from behind her barrier of quiet she observed them closely.
126. There they were met by a cordon of police, standing in front of a barrier of police tenders.
127. Its wooden centre section can be raised and lowered to form a defensive barrier.
128. There are splendid views of this great alpine barrier to the south from the twisting road between Urnerboclen and Linthal.
129. The greatest barrier to full voice operation is the difficulty of achieving voice recognition.
130. The Dolphin Centre has maintained its usual popularity with attendances again breaking the one million barrier.
131. Ultracare 3 is quickly absorbed into the skin and forms a protective grease-free barrier.
132. The vapour barrier also served to protect the timber from rainfall during the time that the roof was being constructed.
133. But every now and then some patient managed to break through the mental barrier erected by training, habit(sentencedict.com), and self-defence.
134. Fast fighter jets -- many traveling within earshot of the sound barrier -- will headline the shows.
135. If she fixed her focus with enough concentration she could envisage the invisible barrier.
136. Benbulbin, that great hill, acts as a barrier between Ulster and Connaught.
137. The yellow and black police barrier was still there as a warning to other drivers coming over the crest of the hill.
138. But research suggests that in many or most countries, male attitudes are not a major barrier to family planning.
139. Albright will be lowering yet another barrier to the advancement of women in public life.
140. The driver slowed down as he approached the police barrier.
141. Beyond the barrier lay some of the most toxic chemicals known,(sentencedict .com) awaiting destruction by fire.
142. Because of the language barrier and culture shock, such insights are far too rare.
143. With the much lower production costs of the late 1980s, small circulation was no longer the same barrier to profitability.
144. In 1979, Stanley Barrett broke the sound barrier on land.
145. But the figure waiting at the customs barrier looked exactly the same.
146. An armed soldier, a member of the Taman guard, flagged them down at the barrier.
147. By progressively melting and falling off, an ablative heat shield can form a very effective protective barrier.
148. You poke it up and in before the action begins, thus providing a protective barrier against pregnancy and sexually-transmitted diseases.
149. That perception of inferiority in turn means that some sort of caste barrier is erected between black and white.
150. Thus, pre-emptive patenting can be a highly effective strategic entry barrier.