COLOR BARRIER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does color barrier mean? 

• COLOR BARRIER (noun)
  The noun COLOR BARRIER has 1 sense:

1. the barrier preventing Blacks from participating in various activities with whites

  Familiarity information: COLOR BARRIER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLOR BARRIER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The barrier preventing Blacks from participating in various activities with whites

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("color barrier" is a kind of...):

barrier; roadblock (any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective)