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BATWING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does batwing mean?
• BATWING (noun)
The noun BATWING has 1 sense:
1. one of a pair of swinging doors (as at the entrance to a western saloon)
Familiarity information: BATWING used as a noun is very rare.
• BATWING (adjective)
The adjective BATWING has 1 sense:
1. formed or shaped like a bat's wing
Familiarity information: BATWING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of a pair of swinging doors (as at the entrance to a western saloon)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("batwing" is a kind of...):
swing door; swinging door (a door that swings on a double hinge; opens in either direction)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Formed or shaped like a bat's wing
Context example:
a dress with batwing sleeves
Similar:
winged (having wings or as if having wings of a specified kind)
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