| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bar·rage |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  bär  j |
| NOUN: | An artificial obstruction, such as a dam or irrigation channel, built in a watercourse to increase its depth or to divert its flow. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from barrer, to bar, from barre, bar, from Old French. See bar1.
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