Roadblock

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  roadblock
       n 1: any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to
            achieve an objective; "intolerance is a barrier to
            understanding" [syn: {barrier}]
       2: a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or
          road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.


          [syn: {barricade}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  54 Moby Thesaurus words for "roadblock":
     arch dam, backstop, bamboo curtain, bank, bar, barrage, barricade,
     barrier, bear-trap dam, beaver dam, blank wall, block, blockade,
     boom, breakwater, breastwork, brick wall, buffer, bulkhead,
     bulwark, cofferdam, dam, defense, dike, ditch, earthwork,
     embankment, fence, gate, gravity dam, groin, hydraulic-fill dam,
     iron curtain, jam, jetty, leaping weir, levee, logjam, milldam,
     moat, mole, mound, parapet, portcullis, rampart, rock-fill dam,
     seawall, shutter dam, stone wall, stop, wall, weir, wicket dam,
     work