Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

half-barrier

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.13 in modern English

Syllables: half-bar-ri-er
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

At an automatic half-barrier level crossing, a lifting barrier that does not block the whole road when in the horizontal position, placed on the left side in the UK according to driving on the left, and mostly used on narrower or quieter roads instead of two lifting barriers either side of the railway crossing.

Example Sentences

"[...] all crossings with lifting half-barriers will be equipped in this way. [...]. At level crossings where there are to be half-barriers, train-operated through track-circuiting, the barriers will be timed to lower fully about five seconds before the fastest train can reach the crossing."

Inflected Forms

half-barriers (plural)

Questions

What does half-barrier mean?: At an automatic half-barrier level crossing, a lifting barrier that does not block the whole road when in the horizontal position, placed on the left side in the UK according to driving on the left, and mostly used on narrower or quieter roads instead of two lifting barriers either side of the railway crossing.

How to pronounce half-barrier

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “half-barrier”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “half-barrier”.
Repeat and practice — Say “half-barrier” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.