Barred

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Marked with bars or stripes: barred prison cells; barred plumage on a bird.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Having bars, striped.
  • adj. Prevented.
  • v. Simple past tense and past participle of bar.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Secured with a bar or bars: as, “the close-barred portal,”
  • Furnished or made with bars: as, a five-barred gate.
  • Obstructed by a bar, as a harbor.
  • Striped; streaked: used especially of textile fabrics: as, “barred al of silk,”
  • In music: Marked off by bars. Same as barré, 2.
  • In heraldry, same as barry.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. marked with stripes or bands
  • adj. preventing entry or exit or a course of action
  • Equivalent
    Verb Form
    barred    barring    bars   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Variant
    barred    barring   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    obstruction    barrier    hinder    obstruct    prevent    prohibit    except    public house    barroom    tavern   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Adar    Aer    Afar    Ajar    Ar    Azar    Babar    Barr    Belvoir    Car   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    box    table    ring    room    line    frame    glass    chair    panel    block