Meaning & use
ajar
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(of a door or window) slightly open.
See it in a sentence
She left the door ajar so the cat could come and go.
A gust of wind blew the ajar window shut.
A note on using this word
Used almost exclusively to describe doors and windows, and typically appears after the noun it describes, as in 'the door was ajar.'
Words with an opposite meaning
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