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