Barricade vs. Hedgehog
Difference Between Barricade and Hedgehog
Barricadenoun
A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence
Hedgehognoun
A small mammal, of the family Erinaceidae or subfamily Erinaceinae (pl=s, the latter characterized by their spiny back and often by the habit of rolling up into a ball when attacked.)
Barricadenoun
An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark.
Hedgehognoun
(US) Any of several spiny mammals, such as the porcupine, that are similar to the hedgehog.
Barricadenoun
A place of confrontation.
Hedgehognoun
A type of moveable military barricade made from crossed logs or steel bars, laced with barbed wire, used to damage or impede tanks and vehicles; Czech hedgehog.
Barricadeverb
to close or block a road etc., using a barricade
Hedgehognoun
A spigot mortar-type of depth charge weapon from World War II that simultaneously fires a number of explosives into the water to create a pattern of underwater explosions intended to attack submerged submarines.
Barricadeverb
to keep someone in (or out), using a blockade, especially ships in a port
Hedgehognoun
(Australia) A type of chocolate cake (or slice), somewhat similar to an American brownie.
Barricadenoun
a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.
Hedgehognoun
A form of dredging machine.
Barricadenoun
a barrier (usually thrown up hastily so as to impede the advance of an enemy);
they enemy stormed the barricadeHedgehognoun
Certain flowering plants with parts resembling a member of family Erinaceidae
Barricadeverb
render unsuitable for passage;
block the waybarricade the streetsstop the busy roadHedgehognoun
Medicago intertexta, the pods of which are armed with short spines.
Barricadeverb
prevent access to by barricading;
The street where the President lives is always barricadedHedgehognoun
Retzia capensis of South Africa.
Barricadeverb
block off with barricades
Hedgehognoun
A kind of electrical transformer with open magnetic circuit, the ends of the iron wire core being turned outward and presenting a bristling appearance.
Hedgehognoun
A way of serving food at a party, consisting of a half melon or potato etc. with individual cocktail sticks of cheese and pineapple stuck into it.
Hedgehogverb
(military) To make use of a hedgehog barricade as a defensive maneuver.
Hedgehogverb
To array with spiky projections like the quills of a hedgehog.
Hedgehogverb
To curl up into a defensive ball.
Hedgehognoun
relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur
Hedgehognoun
small nocturnal Old World mammal covered with both hair and protective spines
