barricade

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc. (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
roadblock
• Hypernyms:
barrier
2. a barrier (usually thrown up hastily) to impede the advance of an enemy (Freq. 1)
- they stormed the barricade
• Hypernyms:
barrier

II - verb

1. render unsuitable for passage (Freq. 1)
- block the way
- barricade the streets
- stop the busy road
• Syn:
block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar
• Derivationally related forms:
bar (for: bar), stop (for: stop), stopper (for: stop), blockade (for: blockade), blockage (for: block), blocking (for: block)
• Hypernyms:
obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam,
block, close up
• Hyponyms:
shut off, block off, close off, close
• Verb Group:
obstruct, block
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. prevent access to by barricading
- The street where the President lives is always barricaded
• Hypernyms:
obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam,
block, close up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. block off with barricades
• Syn:
barricado
• Hypernyms:
obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam,
block, close up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  roadblock, barricado, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar