noun

barricade

BA-rih-kayd

noun

A barrier hastily built across a street or passage to block movement.

"Protesters set up a barricade of overturned carts to block the road."

"Police erected barricades to keep the crowd away from the building."

verb

To block a passage or entrance with a barrier.

"They barricaded the door with furniture as the storm approached."

How to Use Barricade

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA makeshift barrier used to block a road or entrance, or the act of building one.

Common pairings

set up a barricade barricade the door behind the barricades

barricaded past tense, barricades plural, barricades singular

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Protesters set up a _____ of overturned carts to block the road.

Borrowed from French barricade, related to barrique ("barrel") — barrels were often used to build early street barriers.

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