barb¹ /bärb/

1. A subsidiary backward-facing projection near the point of an arrow, fish-hook, etc
2. One of the filaments of a feather's web
3. A small freshwater fish of the genus Barbus, often kept in aquariums
4. A sting (figurative)
5. A wounding or wittily pointed remark
6. 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

1. To arm with barbs
2. To pierce, as with a barb
3. To shave, trim, mow (obsolete)

barbˈate adjective

Bearing a hairy tuft

barbˈated adjective

1. Barbed
2. Bearded

barbe noun

A Waldensian teacher

barbed adjective

1. Having a barb or barbs
2. Wounding, spiteful
3. (by confusion) barded

barbˈel noun

1. A freshwater fish of the carp family with beard-like appendages at its mouth
2. Such an appendage

barbˈellate adjective (botany)

Having barbed or bearded bristles

barbˈet noun

1. A tropical bird with bristly beak
2. A kind of poodle

barbicel /bärˈbi-sel/ noun

A tiny hook on the barbule of a feather

barbˈule noun

1. A small barb
2. A fish's barbel
3. 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

BARB or Barb /bärb/

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barb² /bärb/

1. A horse of a racing breed related to the Arab
2. A dark-coloured fancy pigeon

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