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barndoor

barndoor is the alternative form of barn door.

Meaning of barn door

Noun

barn door (plural barn doors)

  1. The large door of a barn.
  2. (humorous) Something large enough that a miss ought to be impossible.
    • Buying a barn door won't help your tennis game.
  3. A player who blocks every ball.
  4. (euphemistic, humorous) The groin area of a pair of pants, especially in reference to a fly.
    • Somebody forgot to close his barn door again!
  5. An off-balance pivot on two points of contact.

See all 6 meanings of barn door

Forms of barndoor

pluralbarndoors

Origin of barndoor

From barn + door.

Words formed from barndoor

Phrases with barndoor

Questions about barndoor

What is barndoor the alternative form of?
Barndoor is the alternative form of barn door.

Words near barndoor in the dictionary

  1. Barnby Dun with Kirk Sandall
  2. Barnby Moor
  3. barndo
  4. barndominium
  5. barndominiums
  6. barndoor
  7. barndoor skate
  8. barndoor skates
  9. barndoors
  10. barndos
  11. Barndt

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Adapted from Wiktionary: barndoor (page history and authors); barn door (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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