BARB - Definition & Meaning for Kids
Meaning 1
Part of speech: Noun
the pointed part of barbed wire
Categories: Point
📖 Fun Facts About Barb
- • There are over 1768 known species!
Meaning 2
Part of speech: Noun
a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove
Categories: Point
Meaning 3
Part of speech: Noun
one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather
Categories: Fibril, Filament, Strand
Meaning 4
Part of speech: Verb
provide with barbs
Example: barbed wire
Categories: Change, Alter, Modify
Synonyms
🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)
The word "barb" comes from Old French barbe. It started in Middle French barbe. Then it appeared in Middle English barbe.
🔗 Related Words
beard – A related word in the same word family.
Barbary – A related word in the same word family.
barbiturate – A related word in the same word family.
🧩 Fun Fact
For 300 years after 1066, French was the language of English courts and nobility.