Barrier cream
noun
a cream used to protect the skin, esp the hands, from dirt and from the action of oils or solvents
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- Barrier island
a broadened barrier beach, habitable in places, that provides a measure of protection for the mainland, as during hurricanes and tidal waves. historical examples this species has not been reported previously from the barrier island of tamaulipas. vertebrates from the barrier island of tamaulipas, mxico robert k selander this subspecies is presumably confined in distribution […]
- Barrier method
noun a mode of contraception using a device or preparation that prevents live sperm from reaching the ovum
- Barrier of ideas
noun (philosophy) the representations of objects which certain accounts of perception interpose between the objects themselves and our awareness of them, so that, as critics argue, we can never know whether there is in reality anything which resembles our perceptions see representationalism (sense 1)
- Barrier reef
a reef of coral running roughly parallel to the sh-r- and separated from it by a wide, deep lagoon. great barrier reef. a coral reef parallel to the coast of queensland, in ne australia. 1250 miles (2010 km) long. historical examples a heavy sea was still running over the barrier reef which enclosed a small […]
- Barrier-nurse
verb (transitive) to tend (infectious patients) in isolation, to prevent the spread of infection