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shooting range

shooting range

10 3.7
A place where people practice firing guns at targets
  • noun
  • /ˈʃuːtɪŋ reɪndʒ/
translation icon : campo de tiro
  • They practice their aim every Saturday at the local shooting range.

But there's a a virtual reality shooting range bar in the city where I live and one of their games that they have is about two minutes long.

Examples

  • When I was 16, I went to a shooting range in San Diego, firing guns for the first time.

    Blog text (13)

  • George McClain is the general manager and owner of The Marksman shooting range in Newport News.

    Blog text (5)

  • Now, you seen the best of us on the shooting range.

    Field of Lost Shoes (2015)

  • I even got a shooting range.

    Fear of a Black Hat (1994)

  • Took her out on the shooting range.

    3 Women (1977)

  • We are finding that new applications are only good for going to and from the shooting range.

    Blog text (6)

  • Hey, is the, uh, shooting range on Red Pepper open for the fall yet?

    Standoff (2016)

  • The producer has reserved the shooting range for you.

    The Original Kings of Comedy (2000)

  • Every year, a friend and I take our pumpkins and use them for targets in our shooting range.

    Blog text (17)

  • You've got a locker at the shooting range?

    The Sickhouse (2008)

Synonyms

range
vsshooting range
171 3.5

A place to practice shooting guns or hitting golf balls

is limited to firearm target practice rather than many projectile types
firing range
vsshooting range
14 3.7

An area where people practice shooting at targets, usually with guns

is the more general name for such practice places
rifle range
vsshooting range
1 3.9

A place where people practice shooting rifles at targets

is for general firearm practice rather than only long gun use
shooting gallery
vsshooting range
  • US
1 6.9

A place where people practice shooting at targets using guns

is used both indoors and outdoors rather than mainly indoors
target range
vsshooting range
1 3.7

A place where people practice shooting at targets for training or sport

is for firearm practice in general, not only at fixed marks

How Regulated

firing range
14 3.7
shooting range
10 3.7
shooting gallery
  • US
1 6.9

Surface Forms

shooting range singular
shooting ranges plural

Morphology

shooting + range

The noun 'shooting range' is directly and compositionally built from 'shooting' (the discharge/use of firearms) and 'range' (an area or facility used for practice), so its meaning as a place to practice shooting follows immediately from the constituents. This is a common, cross-linguistic compound pattern and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.

Etymology

The noun shooting range paints a simple picture: shooting means firing a gun and range is a long open space used for aiming at targets. So a shooting range is literally a place to practice firing, which is why it means 'an area where people practice shooting at targets'.