Usually means: Obstacle that impedes or stops progress.
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General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. roadblock: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. roadblock: Merriam-Webster
  3. roadblock: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. roadblock: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. roadblock: Collins English Dictionary
  6. roadblock: Vocabulary.com
  7. Roadblock, roadblock: Wordnik
  8. roadblock: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. roadblock: Wiktionary
  10. roadblock: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. roadblock: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. roadblock: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. roadblock: Dictionary.com
  14. roadblock: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Roadblock (G.I. Joe), Roadblock (The Amazing Race), Roadblock (barrier), Roadblock (disambiguation), Roadblock (film), Roadblock (robot), Roadblock (wrestler), Roadblock: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. roadblock: Rhymezone
  17. roadblock: FreeDictionary.org
  18. roadblock: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. roadblock: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. roadblock: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. roadblock: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Roadblock (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. roadblock: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See roadblocked as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  Something that blocks or obstructs a road.
noun:  (figurative) An obstacle or impediment.
verb:  (colloquial, transitive) To prevent, hinder.

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