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shooting range

shooting range noun: a facility designed for firearms practice.

shooting range: a facility designed for firearms practice
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Noun

shooting range (plural shooting ranges)

  1. A facility designed for firearms practice.
    • He enjoys going to the shooting range, but these days the price of cartridges and the price of range time have dampened his enthusiasm for the hobby.
  2. A distance that allows for shooting: one that is not so far as to make shooting infeasible, unlikely, or impossible.
    • within shooting range
    • You'll need to be patient and wait for those deer to come within shooting range.
    Synonyms:
    firing range

shooting range meaning in Arabic

shooting range in Arabic

a facility designed for firearms practice
مَيْدَان رِمَايَة maydān rimāya, سَاحَة رِمَايَة sāḥat rimāya

Synonyms of shooting range

Forms of shooting range

pluralshooting ranges

Questions about shooting range

What does shooting range mean?
Shooting range means a facility designed for firearms practice.
What is shooting range in Arabic?
Shooting range in Arabic is مَيْدَان رِمَايَة (maydān rimāya), سَاحَة رِمَايَة (sāḥat rimāya). See Shooting range meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is shooting range?
Shooting range is a noun.
What is the plural of shooting range?
The plural of shooting range is shooting ranges.

Words near shooting range in the dictionary

  1. shooting out
  2. shooting parties
  3. shooting party
  4. shooting preserve
  5. shooting preserves
  6. shooting range
  7. shooting ranges
  8. shooting ratio
  9. shooting ratios
  10. shooting rights
  11. shooting seat

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