Barricade vs. Barrier

Barricadenoun

A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence

Barricadenoun

An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark.

Barricadenoun

A place of confrontation.

Barricadeverb

to close or block a road etc., using a barricade

Barricadeverb

to keep someone in (or out), using a blockade, especially ships in a port

Barricadenoun

A fortification, made in haste, of trees, earth, palisades, wagons, or anything that will obstruct the progress or attack of an enemy. It is usually an obstruction formed in streets to block an enemy's access.

Barricadenoun

Any bar, obstruction, or means of defense.

Barricadeverb

To fortify or close with a barricade or with barricades; to stop up, as a passage; to obstruct; as, the workmen barricaded the streets of Paris.

Barricadenoun

a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.

Barricadenoun

a barrier (usually thrown up hastily so as to impede the advance of an enemy);

Barricadeverb

render unsuitable for passage;

Barricadeverb

prevent access to by barricading;

Barricadeverb

block off with barricades

Barricade

Barricade (from the French barrique - 'barrel') is any object or structure that creates a barrier or obstacle to control, block passage or force the flow of traffic in the desired direction. Adopted as a military term, a barricade denotes any improvised field fortification, such as on city streets during urban warfare.

Barriernoun

A structure that bars passage.

Barriernoun

An obstacle or impediment.

Barriernoun

A boundary or limit.

Barriernoun

(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.

Barriernoun

(physiology) A separation between two areas of the body where specialized cells allow the entry of certain substances but prevent the entry of others.

Barriernoun

(historical) The lists in a tournament.

Barriernoun

A martial exercise of the 15th and 16th centuries.

Barrierverb

(transitive) To block or obstruct with a barrier.

Barriernoun

A carpentry obstruction, stockade, or other obstacle made in a passage in order to stop an enemy.

Barriernoun

A fortress or fortified town, on the frontier of a country, commanding an avenue of approach.

Barriernoun

A fence or railing to mark the limits of a place, or to keep back a crowd.

Barriernoun

Any obstruction; anything which hinders approach or attack.

Barriernoun

Any limit or boundary; a line of separation.

Barriernoun

a structure or object that impedes free movement

Barriernoun

any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective;

Barriernoun

anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access

Barriernoun

a fence or other obstacle that prevents movement or access

Barriernoun

a gate at a car park or railway station that controls access by being raised or lowered.

Barriernoun

a circumstance or obstacle that keeps people or things apart or prevents communication or progress