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    BARBED WIRE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passageplay

    Synonyms:

    barbed wire; barbwire

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("barbed wire" is a kind of...):

    wire (ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc)

    Meronyms (parts of "barbed wire"):

    barb (the pointed part of barbed wire)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "barbed wire"):

    concertina (coiled barbed wire used as an obstacle)

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