plural of barracoon

plural of barrel vault

plural of barrel roof

(architecture) A simple roof having a curved, often semicircular cross section; used to span large distances in railway stations, churches, etc. Usually supported on columns.

(roofing) noncombustible board stock material of low thermal conductivity placed between two elements of a roof assembly.

plural of barracouta

(Australia, New Zealand) The snoek, Thyrsites atun, a foodfish.

A barrier on the side of a road, to keep vehicles on the road.

The blood-brain barrier.

(anatomy) A structure in the central nervous system (CNS) that keeps various substances found in the bloodstream out of the brain while allowing in the substances essential to metabolic function, e.g. oxygen.