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roadblock
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun roadblock has 2 senses
- roadblock(n = noun.cognition) barrier - any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective; "intolerance is a barrier to understanding" is a kind of obstacle, obstruction
- roadblock(n = noun.artifact) barricade - a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.; Array is a kind of barrier
has particulars: ideological barrier, language barrier
OXFORD DICTIONARY
roadblock, n. a barrier or barricade on a road, esp. one set up by the authorities to stop and examine traffic.
THESAURUS
roadblock
arch dam, backstop, bamboo curtain, bank, bar, barrage, barricade, barrier, bear-trap dam, beaver dam, blank wall, block, blockade, boom, breakwater, breastwork, brick wall, buffer, bulkhead, bulwark, cofferdam, dam, defense, dike, ditch, earthwork, embankment, fence, gate, gravity dam, groin, hydraulic-fill dam, iron curtain, jam, jetty, leaping weir, levee, logjam, milldam, moat, mole, mound, parapet, portcullis, rampart, rock-fill dam, seawall, shutter dam, stone wall, stop, wall, weir, wicket dam, work
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