barricade

CEFRB2

/ˈbæɹɪkeɪd/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A barrier placed across a road or entrance to block movement.

  2. 02

    verb

    To block a place with a barrier.

Examples

  • The rebels made a barricade across the road.

  • The laborers formed a human barricade.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈbæɹɪkæɪd/
  • /ˈbaɹɪkɛjd/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A place of confrontation.

  2. An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark.

  3. A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence

More examples

In context

  • Such a barricade as would greatly annoy, or absolutely stop, the currents of the atmosphere.

  • I stood beside the sources of the Arveiron, which take their rise in a glacier, that with slow pace is advancing down from the summit of the hills, to barricade the valley.

  • Salah will ask himself forever how he did not score at least one goal here. He might have nightmares featuring the face of Courtois, such was the one-man barricade he formed.

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The protestors built a strong blank across the street to block all traffic from passing.

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Origin

noun

The noun is borrowed from French barricade, or an assimilation of the earlier barricado to the French form. The verb is from the noun or French barricader.