barrier

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun a structure or object that impedes free movement
noun any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective
noun anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access

From Middle English barryer, barrere, barryȝer, from Old French barriere (compare French barrière), from Old French barre (“bar”).

"The assailants have won the barriers, have they not?" — The Literary World Seventh Reader, Unknown
I think that was the only barrier between us. — John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein, Frank R. Stockton
The barriers were too many and too high for such a leap. — Hard Times, Charles Dickens

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