barbed wire Meaning & Definition

  • En [ ˌbɑːbd ˈwaɪər]
  • Us [ ˌbɑːrbd ˈwaɪr]

Meaning of barbed wire In English

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Examples of barbed wire

  • Following this, a large number of people were detained in barbed wire compounds.

  • The cattle of the two herds were separated by a barbed wire fence, and thus direct nose-to-nose contacts were possible.

  • The fact that hedges were usually made of hawthorn, a form of organic barbed wire, takes on an added significance here.

  • To the right of the barbed wire is an identical camp.

  • On the other hand, purchased materials, such as barbed wire, poles, and bamboo, are used in some private plantations.

  • Acting as an organic barbed wire, the hedge was increasingly put to work to protect the lands of the powerful.

  • The lowest strand of barbed wire was low enough to block peccaries, but high enough to allow smaller seed predators to enter.

  • Three strands of barbed wire, the lowest set at 25 cm above the ground, were used for each exclosure.

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Translations of barbed wire In Other Languages

  • 中文繁体

    帶刺的鐵絲網…

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  • 中文简体

    带刺铁丝网…

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  • Español

    alambre de espino, alambre de púas [masculine]…

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  • Português

    arame farpado…

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  • 日本語

    有刺鉄線…

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  • Türk dili

    dikenli tel…

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  • Français

    fil [masculine] de fer barbelé, (fil de fer) barbelé…

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  • Catalan

    filferro espinós…

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