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Barbed wire — Barbed Barbed, a. Furnished with a barb or barbs; as, a barbed arrow; barbed wire. [1913 Webster] {Barbed wire}, a wire, or a strand of twisted wires, armed with barbs or sharp points. It is used for fences. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
barbed wire — n [U] wire with short sharp points on it ▪ a high barbed wire fence … Dictionary of contemporary English
barbed wire — also barb wire, fencing wire with sharp edges or points, 1863, Amer.Eng., from BARB (Cf. barb) + WIRE (Cf. wire) … Etymology dictionary
barbed wire — barbed′ wire′ n. bui strands of wire twisted together with small pieces of sharply pointed wire at short intervals, used for fencing Also called barbwire • Etymology: 1860–65 … From formal English to slang
barbed wire — noun uncount * thick wire with a lot of sharp points sticking out of it, used for making fences … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
barbed wire — ► NOUN ▪ wire with clusters of short, sharp spikes at intervals along it … English terms dictionary
barbed wire — ☆ barbed wire n. strands of wire twisted together, with barbs at regular, close intervals, used for fencing or military barriers … English World dictionary
Barbed wire — For other uses, see Barb wire (disambiguation). A close up view of a barbed wire barb … Wikipedia
barbed wire — noun strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage (Freq. 4) • Syn: ↑barbwire • Hypernyms: ↑wire • Hyponyms: ↑concertina • Part Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
barbed wire — N UNCOUNT: oft N n Barbed wire is strong wire with sharp points sticking out of it, and is used to make fences. The factory was surrounded by barbed wire. ...a barbed wire fence … English dictionary
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. Also called barbwire. [1860 65] * * * fence wire usually consisting… … Universalium
