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Noun impediment has 2 senses
- hindrance, deterrent, impediment, balk, baulk, check, handicap - something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
--1 is a kind of difficulty
--1 has particulars:
- obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimenta - any structure that makes progress difficult
--2 is a kind of structure, construction
--2 has particulars: | | bar; barrier; blockade; blockage, block, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage; hindrance, hitch, preventive, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference; obstacle; tumbler |
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