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barred

barred
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [bahrd]
    • /bɑrd/
    • /bɑːd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bahrd]
    • /bɑrd/

Definitions of barred word

  • adjective barred having bars or stripes 3
  • adjective barred closed off with bars 3
  • adjective barred forbidden or excluded 3
  • adjective barred provided with one or more bars: a barred prison window. 1
  • adjective barred striped; streaked: barred fabrics. 1
  • adjective barred Ornithology. (of feathers) marked with transverse bands of distinctive color. 1
See all 45 definitions of barred

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Origin of barred

First appearance:

before 1300
One of the 15% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1300-50; See origin at bar1, -ed3

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Barred

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Barred

barred popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for barred

adjective barred

  • striped — having stripes or bands.
  • banded — If something is banded, it has one or more bands on it, often of a different colour which contrasts with the main colour.
  • lined — a thickness of glue, as between two veneers in a sheet of plywood.
  • stripy — having or marked with stripes.
  • streaky — occurring in streaks or a streak.

adverb barred

  • off-limits — forbidden to be patronized, frequented, used, etc., by certain persons: The tavern is off-limits to soldiers.
  • off limits — forbidden to be patronized, frequented, used, etc., by certain persons: The tavern is off-limits to soldiers.
All 16 Synonyms of barred

Antonyms for barred

adjective barred

  • admitted — to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to: to admit a student to college.

noun barred

  • disbarred — to expel from the legal profession or from the bar of a particular court.
All 2 Antonyms of barred

Related words

  • barred owl

    a large, North American owl (Strix varia) with bars of brown feathers across the breast

  • agouti

    any hystricomorph rodent of the genus Dasyprocta, of Central and South America and the Caribbean: family Dasyproctidae. Agoutis are agile and long-legged, with hooflike claws, and are valued for their meat

  • barred spiral galaxy

    a spiral galaxy whose center has the form of an extended bar.

  • blacklist

    If someone is on a blacklist, they are seen by a government or other organization as being one of a number of people who cannot be trusted or who have done something wrong.

  • broad-winged hawk

    an American hawk, Buteo platypterus, dark brown above and white barred with rufous below.

  • great gray owl

    a large, dish-faced, gray owl, Strix nebulosa, of northern North America and western Eurasia, having streaked and barred plumage.
All related words to barred

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