Word of the Day - Barrier
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.
7. barriers,
History/Historical .
the palisade or railing surrounding the ground where tourneys and jousts were carried on.
8.
Archaic .
a fortress or stockade.