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barbed wire

/ˌbɑːbd ˈwʌɪə/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˌbɑːbd ˈwʌɪə/
ˌbɑːbdˈwʌɪə
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
2nd syllable stress
Vowel
Open ah vowel
Ending
Final e often stays silent

ˌbɑːbd - ˈwʌɪə -> barbed wire

Myanmar meaning

သံဆူးကြိုး။

Full entry

barb /bɒ:b/ n

၁။ ငါးမျှားချိတ်၊ မြားဦး စသည်ရှိ ဆူးထစ်။ ❍ HOOK
၂။ မခံချိမခံသာ စကား။ Her barbs of sarcasm had clearly struck home.
❏ barbed adj
၁။ ဆူးထစ်ပါသော။ a barbed hook.
၂။ နာကြည်းစေသော။ barbed criticisms.
❏ barbed wire n [U] သံဆူးကြိုး။ a barbed wire fence to discourage intruders.

More examples
  • barb /bɒ:b/ n ၁။ ငါးမျှားချိတ်၊ မြားဦး စသည်ရှိ ဆူးထစ်။
Synonyms
gibe, insult, dig, taunt, cutting remark, sting, affront, arrow, bristle, criticism, cut, dart, hook, point, pointed comment, prickle, prong, quill, rebuff, sarcasm, scoff, shaft, sneer, spike, spine, spur, thistle, thorn, tip
Antonyms
compliment, kindness, praise
Cross references
gibeinsultdigtauntcutting remarkstingaffrontarrowbristlecriticismcutdarthookpointpointed commentprickleprongquillrebuffsarcasmscoffshaftsneerspikespinespurthistlethorn
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