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barbwire

noun

Etymology

From barb + wire.

  1. inherited from *weh₁iros✻
  2. inherited from *wīraz✻
  3. inherited from wīr
  4. inherited from wir
  5. compounded as barbwire — “barb + wire”

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of barbed wire.

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