ajar
pronunciation
How to pronounce ajar in British English:
UK [əˈdʒɑ:(r)]
How to pronounce ajar in American English:
US [əˈdʒɑr]
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- Adjective:
- slightly open
Word Origin
- ajar
- ajar: [16] Ajar comes from Scotland and Northern England. In Middle English times it was a char or on char, literally ‘on turn’ (char comes from an Old English word cerr ‘turn’, which in its metaphorical sense ‘turn of work’ has given modern English charwoman and chore). A door or window that was in the act of turning was therefore neither completely shut nor completely open. The first spellings with j occur in the 18th century.=> char, charwoman
- ajar
- 1718, perhaps from Scottish dialectal a char "slightly open," earlier on char (early 16c.), from Middle English char, from Old English cier "a turn."
Synonym
Example
- 1. As the door creaks ajar a shadow appears .
- 2. Do you leave the bathroom door ajar these days ?
- 3. A door left ajar : the photography of luisa lambri .
- 4. Tom is ajar with the world .
- 5. The office door stood ajar .