Ajar

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  • adverb & adjective. Partially opened.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Out of harmony; jarring.
  • On the turn; neither quite open nor shut; partly opened: said of a door.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adverb. Slightly turned or opened.
  • adverb. In a state of discord; out of harmony.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adverb. Slightly turned or opened.
  • adverb. Being at variance or in contradiction to something.
  • adjective. Slightly turned or opened.
  • verb. To turn or open slightly; to become ajar or to cause to become ajar; to be or to hang ajar.
  • verb. To show variance or contradiction with something; to be or cause to be askew.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. slightly open
  • Word Usage
    "After the 7 minutes, slip the handle of a wooden spoon into the door to keep in ajar."
    Equivalent
    open  unfastened  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Adar  Aer  Afar  Ar  Azar  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning