barb wire
Pointed metal fencing
Barb wire is a variant of barbed wire—metal wire with sharp points at intervals, used for fencing.
The clipped form appears in casual speech and certain regional dialects: We need to fix the barb wire along the back pasture.
Both forms describe the same material, though barbed wire is more standard in writing.
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