Barrier vs. Carrier
Barriernoun
A structure that bars passage.
Barriernoun
An obstacle or impediment.
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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;
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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.
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a circumstance or obstacle that keeps people or things apart or prevents communication or progress
Carriernoun
A person or object that carries someone or something else.
Carriernoun
A carrier pigeon, a newspaperese term (misnomer) for a homing pigeon, racing pigeon, racing homer, homer.
Carriernoun
An Old English carrier pigeon or Old English carrier (the "King of the Doos").
Carriernoun
A person or company in the business of shipping freight.
Carriernoun
A signal such as radio, sound, or light that is modulated to transmit information.
Carriernoun
A mobile network operator; wireless carrier.
Carriernoun
A certified airline.
Carriernoun
(engineering) That which drives or carries.
Carriernoun
A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the faceplate; a lathe dog.
Carriernoun
A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine.
Carriernoun
A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.
Carriernoun
(chemistry) A catalyst or other intermediary in a chemical reaction.
Carriernoun
A person or organism that has inherited a genetic trait, mutation or infectious disease, but displays no symptoms.
Carriernoun
charge carrier
Carriernoun
One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger.
Carriernoun
One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster.
Carriernoun
That which drives or carries; as: (a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. (b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine. (c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.
Carriernoun
someone whose employment involves carrying something;
Carriernoun
a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something;
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a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for take-offs and landings
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an inactive substance that is a vehicle for a radioactive tracer of the same substance and that assists in its recovery after some chemical reaction
Carriernoun
a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages
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a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal
Carriernoun
a man who delivers the mail
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a boy who delivers newspapers
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a person who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others
Carriernoun
a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like
