ajar

  • 21ajar — [[t]əʤɑ͟ː(r)[/t]] ADJ: v link ADJ If a door is ajar, it is slightly open. He left the door ajar in case I needed him …

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  • 22ajar — adjective & adverb with shutters ajar, we got only a glimpse of the morning sun use the flatiron to keep the door ajar Syn: slightly open, half open Ant: closed, wide open …

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  • 23ajar — adjective or adverb Etymology: earlier on char, from Middle English, from on + char turn more at chare Date: 15th century slightly open < left the door ajar > …

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  • 24AJAR — Several things are commonly known by the acronym AJAR: * the Australian Journal of Agricultural Research * the African Journal of AIDS Research …

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  • 25ajar — a|jar [əˈdʒa: US əˈdʒa:r] adj [not before noun] [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: on char, from on + char turn, piece of work (11 17 centuries) (from Old English cierr)] a door that is ajar is slightly open …

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  • 26ajar — a|jar [ ə dʒar ] adjective never before noun a door that is ajar is slightly open …

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  • 27ajar — [16] Ajar comes from Scotland and Northern England. In Middle English times it was a char or on char, literally ‘on turn’ (char comes from an Old English word cerr ‘turn’, which in its metaphorical sense ‘turn of work’ has given modern English&#8230; …

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  • 28ajar — adjective (not before noun) a door that is ajar is slightly open …

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  • 29ajar — UK [əˈdʒɑː(r)] / US [əˈdʒɑr] adjective [never before noun] a door that is ajar is slightly open …

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  • 30ajar — [əˈdʒɑː] adj a door that is ajar is slightly open …

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