Merriam-Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus - Merriam-Webster [114]
1barricade verb -cad·ed; -cad·ing : to block, obstruct, or fortify with a barricade
2barricade noun [ORIGIN: F, fr. MF, fr. barriquer to barricade, fr. barrique barrel]
1 : a hastily thrown-up obstruction or fortification
2 : something that impedes progress or achievement : BARRIER
bar·ri·er noun : something that separates, demarcates, or serves as a barricade Synonyms fence, hedge, wall; also bar, encumbrance, handicap, hindrance, hurdle, impediment, obstacle, obstruction, roadblock, stop barrier island noun : a long broad sandy island lying parallel to a shore barrier reef noun : a coral reef roughly parallel to a shore and separated from it by a lagoon bar·ring preposition : excluding by exception Synonyms aside from, bar, besides, but, except, outside, save—more at EXCEPT bar·rio noun, plural -ri·os 1 : a district of a city or town in a Spanish-speaking country 2 : a Spanish-speaking quarter in a U.S. city bar·ris·ter noun : a British counselor admitted to plead in the higher courts bar·room noun : a room or establishment whose main feature is a bar for the sale of liquor Synonyms bar, café, pub, public house, saloon, tavern; also cabaret, dive, joint, nightclub, speakeasy 1barrow noun : a large burial mound of earth and stones 2barrow noun 1 : WHEELBARROW 2 : a cart with a boxlike body and two shafts for pushing it Bart abbreviation baronet bar·tend·er noun : a person who serves liquor at a bar 1barter verb : to trade by exchange of goods — bar·ter·er noun 2barter noun 1 : the act or practice of carrying on trade by bartering 2 : the thing given in exchange in bartering Synonyms commutation, exchange, swap, trade, truck—more at EXCHANGE Ba·ruch noun : homiletic book included in the Roman Catholic canon of the Old Testament and in the Protestant Apocrypha bas·al adjective 1 : situated at or forming the base 2 : BASIC basal metabolism noun : the turnover of energy in a fasting and resting organism using energy solely to maintain vital cellular activity, respiration, and circulation as measured by the rate at which heat is given off ba·salt noun : a dark fine-grained igneous rock — ba·sal·tic adjective 1base noun, plural bas·es 1 a : the lowest part or place : BOTTOM b : the physical or philosophical foundation upon which something is based 2 : a side or face on which a geometrical figure stands; also : the length of a base 3 : a main ingredient or fundamental part 4 : the point of beginning an act or operation 5 : a place on which a force depends for supplies 6 : a number (as 5 in 57) that is raised to a power; especially : a number that when raised to a power equal to the logarithm of a number yields the number itself 7 : the number of units in a given digit's place of a number system that is required to give the numeral 1 in the next higher place 8 : any of the four stations at the corners of a baseball diamond 9 : a chemical compound (as lime or ammonia) that reacts with an acid to form a salt, has a bitter taste, and turns litmus blue — base·man noun Synonyms [1a] bottom, foot—more at BOTTOM [1b] basis, bedrock, footing, foundation, ground, groundwork, keystone, underpinning [3] center, core, cynosure, eye, focus, heart, hub, mecca, nucleus, seat—more at CENTER 2base verb based; bas·ing 1 : to form or serve as a base for 2 : ESTABLISH Synonyms ground, rest; also establish, found 3base adjective 1 : of inferior quality : DEBASED, ALLOYED 2 : characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness : CONTEMPTIBLE, IGNOBLE 3 : MENIAL, DEGRADING 4 : of little value — base·ly adverb — base·ness noun Synonyms contemptible, despicable, detestable, dirty, dishonorable, ignoble, low, mean, snide, sordid, vile, wretched—more at IGNOBLE