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Definition of ajar adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

ajar

adjective
 
/əˈdʒɑː(r)/
 
/əˈdʒɑːr/
[not before noun]
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  1. (of a door) slightly open
    • I'll leave the door ajar.
    • The office door stood ajar.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • stand
    • leave something
    • …
    adverb
    • slightly
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    Word Originlate 17th cent.: from a- ‘on’ + obsolete char (Old English cerr) ‘a turn, return’.
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