a structure or object that impedes free movement
any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective
"intolerance is a barrier to understanding"
anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access
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barriers
Gold loves to make its way through guards, and breaks through barriers of stone more easily than the lightning's bolt. [ Horace ]
Only the refined and delicate pleasures that spring from research and education can build up barriers between different ranks. [ Mme. de Stael ]
No barriers, no masses of matter, however enormous, can withstand the powers of the mind; the remotest corners yield to them; all things succumb, the very heaven itself is laid open. [ Manilius ]
If once a woman breaks through the barriers of decency, her case is desperate; and if she goes greater lengths than the men, and leaves the pale of propriety farther behind her, it is because she is aware that all return is prohibited, and by none so strongly as by her own sex. [ Colton ]
barriersin Scrabble®
The word barriers is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.
barriers:
barrier, braiser, brasier
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barriersin Words With Friends™
The word barriers is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.
barriers:
barrier, braiser, brasier
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barriersin them (1 word)
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