barricade

UK: /ˌbærɪˈkeɪd/ US: /ˈbærɪˌkeɪd/ ,(bar′i kād′, bar′i kād′)

Inflections of 'barricade' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

barricades

v 3rd person singular

barricading

v pres p

barricaded

v past

barricaded

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

bar•ri•cade /ˈbærɪˌkeɪd/   n., v., -cad•ed, -cad•ing. 
n. [countable]

1. a barrier of large objects, intended to stop an enemy:
   a barricade of overturned buses.

v. [~ + object]

2. to block with a barricade.
3. to shut in with or as if with a barricade:
   He barricaded himself behind a folding screen.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

bar•ri•cade  (bar′i kād′, bar′i kād′), n., v., -cad•ed, -cad•ing. 
n. 

1. a defensive barrier hastily constructed, as in a street, to stop an enemy.
2. any barrier that obstructs passage.

v.t. 

3. to obstruct or block with a barricade:
   barricading the streets to prevent an attack.
4. to shut in and defend with or as if with a barricade:
   The rebels had barricaded themselves in the old city.

• Gascon) + -ade -ade¹; early barricades in Paris were often composed of barrels
• French, equivalent. to barrique barrel (
• 1585–95

bar′ri•cad′er, n. 
Synonyms

• 1. See bar ¹.
• 4. fortify.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

barricade / ˌbærɪˈkeɪd ˈbærɪˌkeɪd/ noun

1. a barrier for defence, esp one erected hastily, as during street fighting

verb (transitive)

1. to erect a barricade across (an entrance, passageway, etc) or at points of access to (a room, district of a town, etc)

Etymology: 17th Century: from Old French, from barriquer to barricade, from barrique a barrel, from Spanish barrica, from barril barrel