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Plural of barrier

regular plural

The plural of barrier is barriers.

Forms of barrier

Singularbarrier /ˈbæɹi.ə/
Pluralbarriers
Countablecountable

Barriers in a sentence

  • Barriers have been put up to prevent more people (from) entering the stadium.From the entry prevent
  • Memory barriers are necessary because most modern CPUs employ performance optimizations that can result in out-of-order execution.From the entry memory barrier
  • Barriers could not save them from a well-placed wallbang.From the entry wallbang
  • Her promotion broke America's racial barriers.From the entry break
  • In practice, however, the financial barriers to entry are exceptionally steep.2026 July 22, Richard Wilcock, “Open Access: only possible for the giants?”, in RAIL, number 1066, page 23. From the entry unserious

Meaning of barrier

  1. noun A structure that bars passage.
  2. noun An obstacle or impediment.
  3. noun A boundary or limit.

Full definition of barrier

Questions about the plural of barrier

What is the plural of barrier?
The plural of barrier is barriers.
Is barrier countable?
Barrier is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: barrier (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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