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View synonyms for barn door

barn door

noun

  1. the door of a barn
  2. informal.
    a target so large that it cannot be missed
  3. photog television theatre an adjustable flap over the front of a studio or theatre lamp
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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"This is not a barn door easy miss," he said.

From BBC

They shut the barn door and place a wood plank in its handles to secure it more, then back up, watching it closely.

But ultimately, “access to pasture” means just that—the barn door is open, says Kestrel Burcham, a policy director at the Cornucopia Institute, a nonprofit consumer watchdog group.

She says a pocket or barn door is ideal for a mudroom because a swing door can get in the way.

Outside the barn doors were beach houses and wineries and the seaside resorts of eastern Long Island.

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