firing range
14
3.7
- noun
- /ˈfaɪərɪŋ reɪndʒ/
:
campo de tiro
- The hangar also features a firing range so the crew can keep their weapon skills sharp.
Examples
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The inspection team from the budget committee stood just outside the gate to the firing range.
Fiction book (1999) -
In 1987, a firing range was built at the base of the sacred Lukosi Mountain.
Academic text (1997) -
Police were using it as a firing range.
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You should let me take you down to a firing range, really.
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We are at a government firing range.
Fiction book (1997) -
Never come to the firing range with the magazine in your pistol.
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He used to drag me to the firing range once a week.
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We get ourselves fitted with earplugs and goggles and enter the firing range.
Fiction book (1999) -
Twice a year, each federal officer must qualify with a handgun, shotgun, and rifle at the bank's firing range.
Blog text (11) -
My friend and I are going over to the firing range tomorrow.
Synonyms
171
3.5
A place to practice shooting guns or hitting golf balls
10
3.7
A place where people practice firing guns at targets
1
3.9
A place where people practice shooting rifles 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 Controlled
- Formal
14
3.7
- US
1
6.9
18
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'firing range' is transparently built from 'firing' (shooting/discharge of weapons) plus 'range' (a place for practicing shots), so its meaning as an area for shooting practice follows directly from the constituents. This noun–noun composition is a common, literal pattern (and has close equivalents in many languages), so a B1 learner who knows both words should be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
The phrase firing range comes from the simple image of people firing guns across an open range at targets, so it means a place for 'shooting practice'.