RIFLE RANGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rifle range mean? 

• RIFLE RANGE (noun)
  The noun RIFLE RANGE has 2 senses:

1. the distance that a rifle bullet will carry

2. a range where people can practice shooting rifles

  Familiarity information: RIFLE RANGE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIFLE RANGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The distance that a rifle bullet will carry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

rifle range; rifle shot

Context example:

the target was out of rifle range

Hypernyms ("rifle range" is a kind of...):

range; reach (the limits within which something can be effective)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A range where people can practice shooting rifles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

during the war they turned the bowling alleys into rifle ranges

Hypernyms ("rifle range" is a kind of...):

range (a place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds)

 Context examples 

A band of caribou passed by, twenty and odd animals, tantalizingly within rifle range.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)