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BATWING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Formed or shaped like a bat's wing

Example:

a dress with batwing sleeves

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

winged (having wings or as if having wings of a specified kind)

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