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A collection of huts surrounded by a barbed wire fence, and in the huts lived 500 of the original inhabitants of our area. And so it went with many country towns around Australia.
Phillip Noyce

Meaning of "barbed wire fence" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BARBED WIRE FENCE

barbed wire fence  [bɑːbd ˈwaɪə fɛns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BARBED WIRE FENCE

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Barbed wire fence is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BARBED WIRE FENCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

barbed wire fence

Barbed wire

Barbed wire, also known as barb wire, less often bob wire or, in the southeastern United States, bobbed wire), is a type of steel fencing wire constructed with sharp edges or points arranged at intervals along the strand(s). It is used to construct inexpensive fences and is used atop walls surrounding secured property. It is also a major feature of the fortifications in trench warfare (as a wire obstacle). A person or animal trying to pass through or over barbed wire will suffer discomfort and possibly injury. Barbed wire fencing requires only fence posts, wire, and fixing devices such as staples. It is simple to construct and quick to erect, even by an unskilled person. The first patent in the United States for barbed wire was issued in 1867 to Lucien B. Smith of Kent, Ohio, who is regarded as the inventor. Joseph F. Glidden of DeKalb, Illinois, received a patent for the modern invention in 1874 after he made his own modifications to previous versions. Barbed wire was the first wire technology capable of restraining cattle. Wire fences were cheaper and easier to erect than their alternatives.

Definition of barbed wire fence in the English dictionary

The definition of barbed wire fence in the dictionary is a fence constructed from strong wire that has sharply pointed barbs at close intervals along its length.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BARBED WIRE FENCE


commence
kəˈmɛns
common-sense
ˈkɒmənˈsɛns
defence
dɪˈfɛns
dense
dɛns
dispense
dɪˈspɛns
expense
ɪkˈspɛns
fence
fɛns
hence
hɛns
immense
ɪˈmɛns
intense
ɪnˈtɛns
nondefense
ˌnɒnˈdiːfɛns
offence
əˈfɛns
outfence
ˌaʊtˈfɛns
pence
pɛns
self-defense
ˌsɛlfdɪˈfɛns
sense
sɛns
spence
spɛns
suspense
səˈspɛns
tense
tɛns
unfence
ʌnˈfɛns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BARBED WIRE FENCE

barbecue grill
barbecue pit
barbecue sauce
barbecue set
barbecue stopper
barbecuer
barbecuing
barbed
barbed wire
barbed wire entanglements
barbed-wire grass
barbel
barbell
barbellate
barber
barber´s itch
barber´s pole
barber´s rash
Barbera
barberries

WORDS THAT END LIKE BARBED WIRE FENCE

at your convenience
boundary fence
chain-link fence
civil defence
criminal offence
electric fence
Ministry of Defence
on the fence
over the fence
perimeter fence
picket fence
post-and-rail fence
rabbit-proof fence
refence
ring fence
ring-fence
self-defence
sit on the fence
snow fence
take offence
the defence

Synonyms and antonyms of barbed wire fence in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «barbed wire fence» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BARBED WIRE FENCE

Find out the translation of barbed wire fence to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of barbed wire fence from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «barbed wire fence» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

铁丝网
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cerca de alambre de púas
570 millions of speakers

English

barbed wire fence
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कांटेदार तार की बाड़
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سياج الأسلاك الشائكة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

забор из колючей проволоки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cerca de arame farpado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কাঁটা তারের বেড়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

clôture de barbelés
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pagar dawai berduri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Stacheldrahtzaun
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

有刺鉄線のフェンス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

철 울타리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pagar kawat barbed
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hàng rào dây thép gai
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முள் வேலி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

काटेरी तार कुंपण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dikenli tel çit
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

recinto di filo spinato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ogrodzeniem z drutu kolczastego
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

паркан з колючого дроту
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gard de sârmă ghimpată
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αγκαθωτό σύρμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

doringdraadheining
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

taggtråd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

piggtrådgjerde
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of barbed wire fence

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BARBED WIRE FENCE»

The term «barbed wire fence» is normally little used and occupies the 114.680 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BARBED WIRE FENCE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about barbed wire fence

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2 QUOTES WITH «BARBED WIRE FENCE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word barbed wire fence.
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Foxy Brown
I devoted my career to building an affinity with my fans who have supported me unflinchingly and no barbed wire fence or prison wall will stop that.
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Phillip Noyce
A collection of huts surrounded by a barbed wire fence, and in the huts lived 500 of the original inhabitants of our area. And so it went with many country towns around Australia.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BARBED WIRE FENCE»

Discover the use of barbed wire fence in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to barbed wire fence and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Within the Barbed Wire Fence: A Japanese Man's Account of ...
This book, first published in 1982, is a rare first-person account of the experience of internment. This new edition includes a foreword by his daughter, Leatrice M. Willson Chan, with whom he collaborated in preparing his memoir.
Takeo Ujo Nakano, 2012
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The Barbed Wire Fence
However, though she became a mother at the age of seventeen, she went on to earn her high school diploma and then the clerical training which ultimately enabled her to write this book.
Tina Peters, 2008
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Crow on a Barbed Wire Fence
The story of a young English migrant, Bluey, and three similarly ill-prepared friends, who arrive in Australia in 1910 and struggle to adapt and send down roots in the rough but astonishingly vibrant and colorful Australian outback of the ...
Harold Lewis, 1993
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The Devil's Rope: A Cultural History of Barbed Wire
It also has another history constructed through image and text in the arts, media and popular culture. This work critically examines these representations.
Alan Krell, 2002
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Barbed Wire: An Ecology of Modernity
... Black Forest, which was “a recently completed [1916] school, a large two- storey building with a very large attic . . . surrounded by an eight-foot high double barbed wire fence.”39 Surround a school with barbed wire—and you have a camp.
Reviel Netz, 2010
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Facility Manager's Guide to Security: Protecting Your Assets
curved barbed wire fence puts tension from the wire onto the posts and can cause the posts to fail prematurely. Chain Link The chain link fence (Figure 3.4) is more effective than barbed wire and is a very common barrier. It is economical with ...
Robert N. Reid, 2005
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Reducing the Impacts of Development on Wildlife
A barbed wire fence that poses a high risk to local fauna (Photo: J Gleeson) Fencing with high-tensioned plain wire was first developed in New Zealand in the 1970s (Kubik 2007) and has since been successfully used to contain sheep and  ...
James Gleeson, Deborah Gleeson, 2012
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The relation of coyotes to stock raising in the west
A writer in the Nor'- West Farmer states that when he first began sheep raising in Manitoba a two-strand barbed-wire fence was a complete barrier to the coyotes, but that in less than two years they became used to it and would go under or ...
David Ernest Lantz, 1905
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Rural Reminiscences: The Agony of Survival
A good permanent barbed wire fence consisted of five tightly stretched strands stapled to cedar posts. A proper woven wire fence consisted of tightly stretched woven wire below and three barbed strands above. all attached to cedar posts.
Kenneth Hassebrock, 2002
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Built in Texas
The wire fence and its western cousin, the barbed wire fence, were creations of the Industrial Revolution, byproducts of the technology that created durable wire in great lengths to meet the demand generated by the invention of the telegraph.
Francis Edward Abernethy, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BARBED WIRE FENCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term barbed wire fence is used in the context of the following news items.
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Secret weapon set to sniff out signs of coastal emus | Clarence …
She has already proven her ability, having responded to the scent of fresh emu feathers caught on a barbed wire fence during a training day ... «Clarence Valley Daily Examiner, Jul 15»
2
Fleeing suspect in Georgia runs to law enforcement training center
Doering says Brooks abandoned the car and fled on foot, scaled the 12-foot high barbed wire fence and landed on the training center's campus ... «Tuscaloosa News, Jul 15»
3
APA - Ultimatum Put Forward by Armenian Protesters Expires
The entire street in downtown Yerevan is lined with paddy wagons, armored vehicles, water cannons and barbed wire fence stretchers. «APA, Jul 15»
4
DM orders open channel to be built near IMA wall | Dehradun …
Before the wall came up, a barbed wire fence was separating the area and the rain storm water flowed out as per the natural slope through the ... «NYOOOZ, Jul 15»
5
Tour de France 2015: Johnny Hoogerland interview
Hoogerland hit him and was flung off the road into a barbed wire fence. Disregarding the deep lacerations to his legs, Hoogerland carried on to the finish. «Rouleur, Jul 15»
6
One injured in Perry County crash
Seifert's vehicle then left the roadway and came to stop after traveling through a barbed wire fence. Seifert suffered minor injuries. Four children ... «The Southern, Jul 15»
7
1 person injured in three-car crash in Perry Co., IL
Siefert's car then left the roadway and then came to a stop after traveling through a barbed wire fence. Siefert sustained minor injuries, and was ... «KFVS, Jul 15»
8
A month in Palestine
To protect his farm he put up a barbed wire fence but it was only when he attached tyres to the fence that they stopped getting in. I became ... «Middle East Monitor, Jul 15»
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Baby Found in Ditch Near Moody, Father Charged - kcentv.com …
Authorities said the baby only suffered scrapes and scratches after being found in barbed wire fence, possibly for hours, alone, and in the heat. «KCEN-TV, Jul 15»
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Father Of Infant Abandoned In Field Remains Jailed
... Thursday near the intersection of Guyton Road and Franklin Road and then managed to crawl to a barbed wire fence, where he got stuck. «KWTX, Jul 15»

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