'roadblock' definitions:
Definition of 'roadblock'
From: WordNet
noun
Any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective; "intolerance is a barrier to understanding" [syn: barrier, roadblock]
noun
A barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc. [syn: roadblock, barricade]
Synonyms of 'roadblock'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arch dam,
- backstop,
- bamboo curtain,
- bank,
- bar,
- barrage,
- barricade,
- barrier,
- bear-trap dam,
- beaver dam,
- blank wall,
- block,
- blockade,
- boom,
- breakwater,
- breastwork,
- brick wall,
- buffer,
- bulkhead,
- bulwark,
- cofferdam,
- dam,
- defense,
- dike,
- ditch,
- earthwork,
- embankment,
- fence,
- gate,
- gravity dam,
- groin,
- hydraulic-fill dam,
- iron curtain,
- jam,
- jetty,
- leaping weir,
- levee,
- logjam,
- milldam,
- moat,
- mole,
- mound,
- parapet,
- portcullis,
- rampart,
- rock-fill dam,
- seawall,
- shutter dam,
- stone wall,
- stop,
- wall,
- weir,
- wicket dam,
- work