Collocations for "barrier"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "barrier" in context.
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barrier
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [significant, minor, unsurmountable] barrier
- a traffic, pedestrian] barrier
- a barrier blocking the [road, way, path]
- put a barrier down to block the [road]
- put down a barrier to block the [road]
- [cross, destroy, get over, surmount] the barrier
- a barrier to [prevent, close, restrict]
- the barrier [prevents]
- a barrier that [prevents]
- despite the [language, cultural] barrier
- [impeded, stopped, hindered] by the language barrier
- a [concrete, steel, sand] barrier
- stop at the [railway, level-crossing] barrier
- was stopped at the [entrance, factory, plant] barriers
- [skipped, jumped over] the entrance barriers
- the [train, subway, platform, station] barriers
- the barriers of entry [to, into]
- too many barriers to entry
- a trade barrier (on)
- the economic barriers to [starting a business, buying a house]
- [broke, surpassed] the sound barrier
- [overcome, shake off, get rid of] mental barriers
- a [physical, mental, psychological] barrier
- the Great Barrier Reef
- a barrier island
- barrier-free [access, education]
'barrier' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):