barbed wire
US/bɑɹbd waɪəɹ/
barbed wire noun: twisted strands of steel wire, often coated with zinc, having barbs evenly spaced along them; used to construct agricultural and military fences.
Noun
barbed wire (usually uncountable, plural barbed wires)
barbed wire meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
barbed wire in Tamil
- முள்கம்பி வடம், வரி முட்கம்பி, வரிமுட் கம்பி, முள் கம்பி
barbed wire in Urdu
- خار دار تار
barbed wire in Bengali
- twisted strands of steel wire
- কাঁটাতার kãṭatar
barbed wire in Telugu
- twisted strands of steel wire
- ముళ్ళ తీగ muḷḷa tīga
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- barbed wire in Kannada
- ಮುಳ್ಳುತಂತಿ, ಮುಳ್ಳುಕಂಬಿ
- barbed wire in Arabic
- سِلْك شَائِك silk šāʔik
- barbed wire in Malay
- kawat berduri
- barbed wire in Indonesian
- kawat berduri
- barbed wire in Persian
- سیم خاردار sim-e xârdâr
- barbed wire in Thai
- ลวดหนาม lûuat-nǎam
- barbed wire in Vietnamese
- dây kẽm gai
Forms of barbed wire
| plural | barbed wires |
|---|---|
| alternative form | barb wire |
| alternative form | barb-wire |
| alternative form | barbwire |
| alternative form | barbed-wire |
| alternative form | bob wire |
| alternative form | bobbed wire |
Questions about barbed wire
- What does barbed wire mean?
- Barbed wire means twisted strands of steel wire, often coated with zinc, having barbs evenly spaced along them; used to construct agricultural and military fences.
- What is barbed wire in Tamil?
- Barbed wire in Tamil is முள்கம்பி வடம், வரி முட்கம்பி, வரிமுட் கம்பி. See Barbed wire meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is barbed wire?
- Barbed wire is a noun.
- How do you pronounce barbed wire?
- Barbed wire is pronounced /bɑɹbd waɪəɹ/ (US).
- What is the plural of barbed wire?
- The plural of barbed wire is barbed wires.
Words near barbed wire in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: barbed wire (page history and authors); barbed wire (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); barbed wire (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); barbed wire (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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