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DOUBLE-BARRELLED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does double-barrelled mean?
• DOUBLE-BARRELLED (adjective)
The adjective DOUBLE-BARRELLED has 2 senses:
1. having two barrels mounted side by side
2. having two purposes; twofold
Familiarity information: DOUBLE-BARRELLED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DOUBLE-BARRELLED (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having two barrels mounted side by side
Synonyms:
double-barreled; double-barrelled
Context example:
a double-barreled shotgun
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having two purposes; twofold
Synonyms:
double-barreled; double-barrelled
Context example:
our double-barreled desire to make things profitable as well as attractive
Similar:
ambiguous (having more than one possible meaning)
Context examples
And he passed me a double-barrelled pistol.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
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