barricade
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
- Click any word to expand it.
Senses
Sense 1 noun
a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.
Types & categories
- barrier hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
render unsuitable for passage
block the way
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a barrier (usually thrown up hastily) to impede the advance of an enemy
they stormed the barricade
Types & categories
- barrier hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
prevent access to by barricading
The street where the President lives is always barricaded
Types & categories
- obturate hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
block off with barricades
Types & categories
- obturate hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | barricado |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | barricade |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | block |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | barrier |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | blocking |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | blockage |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bar |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | barricade |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | blockade |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | catch |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | plug |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | barricade |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | obstruct |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | obturate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | block off |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | close |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | barricado |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | barricade |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | block |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | barrier |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | barricade |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | barricade |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | obturate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | barricade |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | barricade |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | obturate |