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BARB or Barb /bärb/ abbrev Broadcasters' Audience Research Board barb1 /bärb/ noun- A subsidiary backward-facing projection near the point of an arrow, fish-hook, etc
- One of the filaments of a feather's web
- A small freshwater fish of the genus Barbus, often kept in aquariums
- A sting (figurative)
- A wounding or wittily pointed remark
- A woven linen covering for the throat and breast (and sometimes the lower part of the face) worn by women in the Middle Ages, still part of the habit of certain orders of nuns
transitive verb- To arm with barbs
- To pierce, as with a barb
- To shave, trim, mow (obsolete)
ORIGIN: L barba a beard barbˈate adjective Bearing a hairy tuft barbˈated adjective - Barbed
- Bearded
barbe noun A Waldensian teacher barbed adjective - Having a barb or barbs
- Wounding, spiteful
- (by confusion) barded
barbˈel noun - A freshwater fish of the carp family with beard-like appendages at its mouth
- Such an appendage
barbˈellate adjective (botany) Having barbed or bearded bristles barbˈet noun - A tropical bird with bristly beak
- A kind of poodle
barbicel /bärˈbi-sel/ noun A tiny hook on the barbule of a feather barbˈule noun - A small barb
- A fish's barbel
- A hairlike structure on the barb of a feather
barbed wire noun (also (US) barbˈwire) Wire with short sharp points twisted on at intervals, used for fences, etc barb2 /bärb/ noun- A horse of a racing breed related to the Arab
- A dark-coloured fancy pigeon
ORIGIN: From Barbary, where the breeds originated |