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barrier

 
 
/ˈbæriər/ noun [C]

Translation

FENCE a type of fence that prevents people from going into an area
çit, mania, bariyer
Police erected barriers to hold back the crowd.764
LIMIT something that prevents people from doing what they want to do
engel, set, korkuluk
Kim is taking Spanish lessons in an attempt to overcome the language barrier. Shyness is a big barrier to making friends. → See also crash barrier1862
(Definition of barrier noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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