Barrier Explained

A barrier or barricade is a physical structure which blocks or impedes something.

Barrier may also refer to:

Places

Barrier, Kentucky, a community in the United States
Barrier, Voerendaal, a place in the municipality of Voerendaal, Netherlands
Barrier Bay, an open bay in Antarctica
Barrier Canyon, the former name of Horseshoe Canyon (Utah)
Barrier Lake, Alberta, Canada
Barrier Mountain, the former name of Mount Baldy (Alberta)
Barrier Ranges, a mountain range in New South Wales, Australia
Division of Barrier, a former Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales
The Barrier, a common synonym for the city of Broken Hill, New South Wales

The Barrier Miner, the city's newspaper

Barrier Highway, in Australia, from SA to NSW via Broken Hill
The Barrier, a lava dam in British Columbia, Canada
The Barrier (Kenya), an active shield volcano in Kenya
The Barrier, an early name for the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica

In arts and entertainment

Film

The Barrier (1917 film), a lost 1917 American silent drama film
The Barrier (1926 film), a silent film
The Barrier (1937 film), an American film
Barrier (film), a 1966 Polish film, released in the U.S. as Barrier
, an Egyptian film; see Gheorghe Dinică
The Barrier (1979 film), a Bulgarian film
The Barrier (1990 film), a Bahraini film

Games

Barrier (video game), a 1979 arcade game by Vectorbeam

Music

Barriers (album), by Frank Iero (2019)
"Barrier", a 1985 song by Simon Townshend on the album Moving Target
"Barriers", a song by Suede on their 2013 album Bloodsports
"Barrier", a track from the soundtrack of the 2015 video game Undertale by Toby Fox

Television

Barriers (TV series), a UK television series
The Barrier (TV series), a 2020 Spanish-language dystopian drama TV series

Other uses

Barrier (surname)
Barrier (computer science), a type of synchronization in parallel computing
Barrier (video game), a 1979 maze arcade game
Barrier Air, a New Zealand airline
Barrier cream, hand cream
USS Barrier, a minesweeper in the U.S. Navy

See also