barrier

C21525
concept

A barrier is an obstacle or boundary—physical, social, or conceptual—that restricts, slows, or prevents movement, interaction, or progress.

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All labels observed (16)

Label Occurrences
energy-absorbing barrier system 2
magical barrier 2
movable barrier system 2

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: barrier
Generated description
A barrier is an obstacle or boundary—physical, social, or conceptual—that restricts, slows, or prevents movement, interaction, or progress.

Instances (18)

Instance Via concept surface
Hinkelsteine concrete barrier
the Heights (Al-A'raf)
surface form: Al-A'raf
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Israeli West Bank barrier separation barrier
Otranto Barrage in World War I anti-submarine barrier
Israel–Gaza barrier separation barrier
Hottentots Holland Mountains natural barrier
The Neck bottleneck region
SAFER barriers energy-absorbing barrier system
Road Zipper System movable barrier system
Modulo Sperimentale Elettromeccanico movable barrier system
Los Angeles Breakwater harbor barrier
spina of the Circus Maximus racetrack barrier
SAFER barriers at Indianapolis Motor Speedway energy-absorbing barrier system
blood–brain barrier physiological barrier
Spencer Glacier Whistle Stop flag stop
Luminous Veil suicide-prevention barrier
Deadly Desert of Oz magical barrier
Girdle of Melian magical barrier