ALL meanings of barbed wire
barbed wire
B b - uncountable noun barbed wire Barbed wire is strong wire with sharp points sticking out of it, and is used to make fences. 3
- noun barbed wire strong wire with sharply pointed barbs at close intervals 3
- noun barbed wire strands of wire twisted together, with barbs at regular, close intervals, used for fencing or military barriers 3
- noun barbed wire a wire or strand of wires having small pieces of sharply pointed wire twisted around it at short intervals, used chiefly for fencing in livestock, keeping out trespassers, etc. 1
- noun barbed wire Twisted strands of steel wire, often coated with zinc, having barbs evenly spaced along them; used to construct agricultural and military fences. 0