Commentary:
NOTE: refers to a physical structure
Examples:
The car skidded out of control and crashed into the concrete barrier.
The reporters were not allowed to cross the police barriers along the parade route.
Most drugs cannot cross the blood-brain barrier. (doesn't let the blood into the brain)
They put sandbags up against the riverbank as a barrier to the rising flood waters.
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Commentary:
NOTE: has a pejorative connotation
Examples:
The existence of these trade barriers has hindered global economic growth.
The immigrants are struggling with a language barrier.
The ideological barriers that separate the two groups are vast.
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2
Commentary:
NOTE: there is no pejorative connotation, unlike Sense 2
Examples:
The mountains form a natural barrier between the two river valleys.
We sailed around one of the barrier islands.
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3
Commentary:
NOTE: often in the phrase 'break the barrier'
Examples:
Chuck Yeager was the first pilot to ever break the sound barrier.
The aircraft's speed cannot pass the thermal barrier because of aerodynamic heating.
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WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 2
Commentary: Automatically generated NOTA sense (bbn)
Examples:
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