A barrier or

barricade Barricade (from the French ''barrique'' - 'barrel') is any object or structure that creates a barrier or obstacle to control, block passage or force the flow of traffic in the desired direction. Adopted as a military term, a barricade denotes ...

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 Voerendaal (; ) is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a town in the southeastern Netherlands. Population centres ''Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Voerendaal, June 2015'' History The Romans left the ruins from ...

, Netherlands * Barrier Bay, an open bay in Antarctica * Barrier Canyon, the former name of

Horseshoe Canyon (Utah) Horseshoe Canyon, formerly known as Barrier Canyon, is in a remote area west of the Green River (Colorado River tributary), Green River and north of the Canyonlands National Park Maze District in Utah, United States. It is known for its collect ...

* 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 The Division of Barrier was an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian electoral division in the states and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales. The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the Lis ...

, a former Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales * The Barrier, a common synonym for the city of

Broken Hill, New South Wales Broken Hill is a city in the Far West (New South Wales), far west region of outback New South Wales, Australia. An inland mining city, it is near the border with South Australia on the crossing of the Barrier Highway (A32) and the Silver City Hi ...

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The Barrier Miner ''The Barrier Miner'' was a daily broadsheet newspaper published in Broken Hill in far western New South Wales from 1888 to 1974. History First published on 28 February 1888, ''The Barrier Miner'' was published continuously until 25 November 1 ...

'', 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 The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica (, an area of roughly and about across: about the size of France). It is several hundred metres thick. The nearly vertical ice front to the open sea is more than long, and between high ...

, 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) ''Barriers'' is a British children's television series, created and written by William Corlett and made by Tyne Tees Television. It was broadcast on ITV between 1981 and 1982. The series starred Benedict Taylor as Billy Stanyon, a teenager f ...

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

Other uses

Barrier (surname) Barrier is the surname of the following people: * Adrien Barrier (1891–?), French wrestler *Edgar Barrier Edgar Barrier (March 4, 1907 – June 20, 1964) was an American actor who appeared on radio, stage, and screen. In the 1930s he was a memb ...

Barrier (computer science) In parallel computing, a barrier is a type of synchronization (computer science), synchronization method. A barrier for a group of threads or processes in the source code means any thread/process must stop at this point and cannot proceed until al ...

, a type of synchronization in parallel computing * ''Barrier'' (video game), a 1979 maze arcade game *

Barrier Air Barrier Air is a New Zealand airline that was established in 1983 by Jim Bergman as Great Barrier Airlines. The head office is located at the Domestic Terminal at Auckland Airport in Māngere, with additional offices in the terminal buildings ...

, a New Zealand airline *

Barrier cream A barrier cream is a Topical medication, topical formulation used in industrial applications and as a cosmetic to place a physical barrier between the skin and contaminants that may irritate the skin (contact dermatitis or occupational dermatitis ...

, hand cream * '' USS Barrier'', a minesweeper in the U.S. Navy *

Barrier option A barrier option is an option whose payoff is conditional upon the underlying asset's price breaching a barrier level during the option's lifetime. Types Barrier options are path-dependent exotics that are similar in some ways to ordinary option ...

, a type of financial derivative