ETYM French bafouer to mock.
Controls or directs flow of fluid or energy; SYN. baffle board.

ETYM Old Eng. barrere, barere, French barričre, from barre bar. Related to Bar.
1. A structure or object that impedes free movement.
2. Any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective; SYN. roadblock.
3. Anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access.

1. Usually rectangular container; may have a lid.
2. The quantity contained in a box; SYN. boxful.
3. A rectangular drawing.
4. Private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance; SYN. loge.
5. The driver's seat on a coach; SYN. box seat.
6. Separate partitioned area in a public place for a few people.
7. Any one of several designated areas on a ball field where the batter or catcher or coaches are positioned.
8. Evergreen shrubs or small trees; SYN. boxwood.
9. A blow with the hand (usually on the ear). + prikaži više

A partition that divides a ship or plane into compartments.
1. An upright partition separating compartments
2. A structure or partition to resist pressure or to shut off water, fire, or gas
3. A retaining wall along a waterfront
4. A projecting framework with a sloping door giving access to a cellar stairway or a shaft

A device that controls the size of aperture of the lens; SYN. stop.

1. One who, or that which, divides; that which separates anything into parts.
2. One who deals out to each his share.
3. One who, or that which, causes division.
4. An instrument for dividing lines, describing circles, etc., such as compasses.

ETYM French division, Latin divisio, from dividere. Related to Divide.
1. Separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart; SYN. partition, partitioning, segmentation, subdivision, sectionalization.
2. The act or process of dividing or splitting.
3. (Biology) A group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category.
4. (Botany) Taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum.
5. An administrative unit in government or business.
6. An arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed.
7. Discord that splits a group; SYN. variance.
8. An army unit large enough to sustain combat.
9. A group of ships of similar type.
10. A unit of the US air force usually comprising two or more wings. + prikaži više

ETYM French partition, Latin partitio. Related to Part.
A vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another); SYN. divider.
Division of a country into two or more nations. Ireland was divided into Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic under the Government of Ireland Act 1920. The division of the Indian subcontinent into India and Pakistan took place in 1947. Other examples of partition include Korea 1953 and Vietnam 1954. + prikaži više

ETYM Old Eng. scren, Old Fren. escrein, escran, French écran, of uncertain origin; cf. German schirm a screen, Old High Germ. scirm, scerm a protection, shield, or German schragen a trestle, a stack of wood, or German schranne a railing.
1. A covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; SYN. cover, covert, concealment.
2. A white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing; SYN. silver screen, projection screen.
3. A decorative frame or panel serving to divide a space.
4. A metallic netting mounted in a frame and covering windows or doors for protection (especially against insects).
5. The surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube on which an electronically created image is formed; SYN. crt screen. + prikaži više