barbed wire
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barbed wire
n.
Twisted strands of fence wire with barbs at regular intervals.
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barbed wire
n
strong wire with sharply pointed barbs at close intervals. Also called (US): barbwire
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barbed′ wire′
n.
strands of wire twisted together with small pieces of sharply pointed wire at short intervals, used for fencing. Also called barbwire.
[1860–65]
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| Noun | 1. |  barbed wire - strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passagebarb - the pointed part of barbed wire concertina - coiled barbed wire used as an obstacle wire - ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc |
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Translations
أسْلاك شائِكـهسِلْك شَائِك
ostnatý drát
pigtråd
piikkilanka
bodljikava žica
szögesdrót
gaddavír
有刺鉄線
철조망
ostnatý drôt
bodeča žica
taggtråd
เส้นลวด
dây thép gai
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
barb
(baːb) noun1. a backward-facing point on an arrowhead, fishing-hook etc.
2. a hurtful remark.
barbed adjectivea barbed arrow/remark.
barbed wire wire with sharp points at intervals: I tore my skirt on that barbed wire; adjective (etc) with hyphena barbed-wire fence.
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barbed wire
→ سِلْك شَائِك ostnatý drát pigtråd Stacheldraht συρματόπλεγμα alambre de espino, alambre de púas piikkilanka barbelé bodljikava žica filo spinato 有刺鉄線 철조망 prikkeldraad piggtråd drut kolczasty arame farpado колючая проволока taggtråd เส้นลวด dikenli tel dây thép gai 铁丝网Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
barbed wire
n alambre m de púasEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.