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barn door

barn door
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bahrn dawr, dohr]
    • /bɑrn dɔr, doʊr/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bahrn dawr, dohr]
    • /bɑrn dɔr, doʊr/

Definitions of barn door words

  • noun barn door an adjustable flap over the front of a studio or theatre lamp 4
  • noun barn door the door of a barn 3
  • noun barn door a target so large that it cannot be missed 3
  • noun barn door door of a farm building 1
  • noun barn door The large door of a barn. 0
  • noun barn door (humorous) Something large enough that a miss ought to be impossible. 0
See all 8 definitions of barn door

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Parts of speech for Barn door

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Barn door

barn door popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for barn door

adj barn door

  • huge — extraordinarily large in bulk, quantity, or extent: a huge ship; a huge portion of ice cream.
  • monstrous — frightful or hideous, especially in appearance; extremely ugly.
  • immense — vast; huge; very great: an immense territory.
  • mammoth — any large, elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Mammuthus, from the Pleistocene Epoch, having hairy skin and ridged molar teeth.
  • vast — of very great area or extent; immense: the vast reaches of outer space.
All 61 Synonyms of barn door

Antonyms for barn door

adj barn door

  • miniature — a representation or image of something on a small or reduced scale.
  • teeny — tiny.
  • tiny — very small; minute; wee.
  • little — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
  • minute — the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
All 25 Antonyms of barn door

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