Hurdle and Iron curtain

Hurdle noun - Something that makes movement or progress difficult.

Iron curtain and hurdle are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "Iron curtain" with "Hurdle", this terms are similar.

Nearby Words: hurdled, hurdling, hurdler

Iron curtain noun - An impenetrable barrier to communication or information especially as imposed by rigid censorship and secrecy; used by Winston Churchill in 1946 to describe the demarcation between democratic and communist countries.

Hurdle and iron curtain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hurdle" instead a noun phrase "Iron curtain".