barbed wire
Twisted strands of steel wire, often coated with zinc, having barbs evenly spaced…Twisted strands of steel wire, often coated with zinc, having barbs evenly spaced along them; used to construct agricultural and military fences.
» Tom crawled under the barbed wire.
Том ползал под колючей проволокой.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable, usually)Twisted strands of steel wire, often coated with zinc, having barbs evenly spaced along them; used to construct agricultural and military fences.
Stacheldraht
колю́чая про́волокаkoljúčaja próvoloka
колю́чий дрітkoljúčyj drit
- strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage
Examples
17 sentencesTom crawled under the barbed wire.
ruТом ползал под колючей проволокой. — Balamax
We could see barbed wire fences and guard towers.
The building is surrounded by a barbed wire fence.
ruЗдание окружено забором из колючей проволоки. — soweli_Elepanto
deDas Gebäude ist von einem Stacheldrahtzaun umgeben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The field is surrounded by barbed wire.
ruПоле окружено колючей проволокой. — Wezel
deUm die Wiese herum ist Stacheldraht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The body was covered in barbed wires.
Translations
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Forms
plural: barbed wiresSynonyms
1 synonyms- strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage:barbwire
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable