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Meaning of barn door | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The large door of a barn.
  2. Something large enough that a miss ought to be impossible.
  3. A player who blocks every ball.
  4. The groin area of a pair of pants, especially in reference to a fly.
  5. An off-balance pivot on two points of contact.

Equivalents

Deutsch Scheunentor
日本語 社会の窓
Polski wrótnie

Examples

“Buying a barn door won't help your tennis game.”
“Somebody forgot to close his barn door again!”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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