BARBED WIRE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does barbed wire mean? 

• BARBED WIRE (noun)
  The noun BARBED WIRE has 1 sense:

1. strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage

  Familiarity information: BARBED WIRE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BARBED WIRE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

barbed wire; barbwire

Hypernyms ("barbed wire" is a kind of...):

wire (ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc)

Meronyms (parts of "barbed wire"):

barb (the pointed part of barbed wire)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "barbed wire"):

concertina (coiled barbed wire used as an obstacle)

 Context examples 

In various unrevealed capacities he had come in contact with such people but always with indiscernible barbed wire between.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)