rifle range
1
3.9
- noun
- /ˈraɪfəl reɪndʒ/
:
polígono de tiro
- The city's rifle range is open to the public for those who want to improve their shooting skills.
- Go to the rifle range
And I was actually in the, I was in the airport 'cause I, I was on the rifle range all day teaching, you know, marksmanship.
- And I was actually in the, I was in the airport 'cause I, I was on the rifle range all day teaching, you know, marksmanship.
Examples
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We were detained once in the cold rain on the rifle range because one soldier could not hit the target and qualify with his carbine.
Fiction book (1990) -
The rifle range was just a bumpy field in which big paper bull's-eyes kept watch over a row of moth-eaten blankets.
Fiction book (1991) -
Say, do either of you have any idea when they stopped using that site as a rifle range?
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We recently lost four more because they failed to qualify on the rifle range.
Blog text (20) -
Well, when we get to the rifle range, then you'll talk.
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Ah, yes, recruits from the rifle range.
Fiction book (1998) -
Claimant was lying on a blanket on the rifle range, trying to hit target.
Fiction book (1991) -
The rifle range itself is a big hill; each distance is a little further up the hill, and you'd have to be shooting way up in the air to shoot over it.
Blog text (8) -
At the rifle range, the instructor showed us how to properly aim at the targets.
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Before joining the competition, he spent hours practicing at the rifle range each week.
Synonyms
171
3.5
A place to practice shooting guns or hitting golf balls
14
3.7
An area where people practice shooting at targets, usually with guns
10
3.7
A place where people practice firing guns at targets
1
3.7
A place where people practice shooting at targets for training or sport
1
6.9
A place where people practice shooting at targets using guns
How Formal
- Specialized
2
4.9
14
3.7
1
3.9
10
3.7
184
4.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'rifle' (a firearm) with 'range' (a facility for practicing firing); a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a place for shooting practice. This noun–noun composition follows ordinary English compounding patterns and is common cross-linguistically, so the phrase is immediately comprehensible.
Etymology
Rifle range also means a place for target shooting. Think of an open area with targets where people bring a rifle to practice their aim; that place is a range, so rifle range means 'a place to practice shooting with rifles'.