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barricades

barricades is the plural of barricade.

barricades is the third-person singular simple present indicative of barricade.

Meaning of barricade

Noun

barricade (plural barricades)

  1. A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence
  2. An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark.
    • Such a barricade as would greatly annoy, or absolutely stop, the currents of the atmosphere.1713, W[illiam] Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. […], London: […] W[illiam] Innys, […], →OCLC
  3. (figuratively, in plural) A place of confrontation.
    • I have a friend who finds the whole idea of a gay marching band distasteful on the grounds that it replicates straight culture. I'm not ready to follow her to the barricades on that because I think that to some extent the sight of women banging bass drums and men prancing around in pink spandex has...1983 December 3, Jolanta Benal, “Spandex, Sousa, Bad Politics”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 20, page 6
  4. (figuratively) Line of people standing behind or closest to the barricade in the pit section of a live music concert.

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Questions about barricades

What is barricades the plural of?
Barricades is the plural of barricade.

Words near barricades in the dictionary

  1. barricade tape
  2. barricade tapes
  3. barricaded
  4. barricader
  5. barricaders
  6. barricades
  7. barricading
  8. barricadings
  9. barricado
  10. barricado'd
  11. barricadoed

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