Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shooting range

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.62 in modern English

Syllables: shoot-ing range
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A facility designed for firearms practice.

noun

A distance that allows for shooting: one that is not so far as to make shooting infeasible, unlikely, or impossible.

Example Sentences

"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."
"within shooting range"
"You'll need to be patient and wait for those deer to come within shooting range."

Inflected Forms

shooting ranges (plural)

Phrases

shooting match whole shooting match target practice

Frequently Paired Words

shootery shooting match whole shooting match target practice proving ground archery ground spitting distance

Synonyms

firing range range target range gun range gunnery range shooting ground shootery shooting gallery

Questions

What does shooting range mean?: A facility designed for firearms practice.

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