barn door
Britishnoun
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the door of a barn
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informal a target so large that it cannot be missed
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photog television theatre an adjustable flap over the front of a studio or theatre lamp
Example Sentences
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“The backstop becomes more important when the barn door is open,” said Matt Gardner, a senior fellow at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a progressive group.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025
"This is not a barn door easy miss," he said.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2024
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.
From National Geographic • Feb. 16, 2024
The “urban one bedroom” he shared with his longtime roommate in Bellevue was 600 square feet with just a barn door for his roommate’s room and the hallway/living room area for him.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 23, 2023
A goat poked its head out of the barn door; then another joined it, and another.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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