Phrase guide

shooting range

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A facility designed for firearms practice.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He enjoys going to the shooting range, but these days the price of cartridges and the price of range time have dampened his enthusiasm for the hobby.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: firing range, range, target range, gun range, gunnery range, shooting ground, shootery

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A distance that allows for shooting: one that is not so far as to make shooting infeasible, unlikely, or impossible.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • within shooting range
  • You'll need to be patient and wait for those deer to come within shooting range.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: firing range

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

an enclosed firing range with targets for rifle or handgun practice

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: shooting gallery

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: firing range, target range

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَيْدَان رِمَايَة (maydān rimāya) — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Arabic: سَاحَة رِمَايَة (sāḥat rimāya) — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Armenian: հրաձգարան (hrajgaran) — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Armenian: տիր (tir) — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Belarusian: цір (cir) — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Belarusian: стрэ́льбішча (strélʹbišča) — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Bulgarian: стрелби́ще (strelbíšte) — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Chinese Mandarin: 射擊場 /射击场 (shèjīchǎng) — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Chinese Mandarin: 靶場 /靶场 (bǎchǎng) — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Czech: střelnice — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Danish: skydebane — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Dutch: schietbaan — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Estonian: lasketiir — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Estonian: laskekaugus — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Finnish: ampumarata — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • French: stand de tir — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • French: champ de tir — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Georgian: ტირი (ṭiri) — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • German: Schießplatz — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • German: Schießstand — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • German: Schießanlage — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Greek: σκοπευτήριο (skopeftírio) — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Greek: πεδίο βολής (pedío volís) — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Hebrew: מִטְוָח \ מטווח (mitvákh) — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Hungarian: lőtér — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Hungarian: lövölde — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Italian: poligono di tiro — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Japanese: 射撃場 (shagekijō) — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Kazakh: тир (tir) — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Kazakh: атыс алаңы (atys alañy) — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Korean: 사격장 (sagyeokjang) — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Latvian: šautuve — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Lithuanian: tiras — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Lithuanian: šaudykla — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Macedonian: стрелиште (strelište) — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Maranao: sasaran — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skytebane — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Polish: strzelnica — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Romanian: poligon de tragere — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Russian: тир (tir) — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Russian: стре́льбище (strélʹbišče) — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Sardinian: isparadorzu — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Sardinian: campu de tiru — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Serbo-Croatian: стре̏лӣште — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Serbo-Croatian: стрје̏лӣште — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Serbo-Croatian: га̀ђалӣште — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Serbo-Croatian: strȅlīšte — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Serbo-Croatian: strjȅlīšte — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Serbo-Croatian: gàđalīšte — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Slovak: strelnica — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Slovene: strelišče — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Spanish: polígono de tiro — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Spanish: campo de tiro — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Spanish: galería de tiro — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Swedish: skjutbana — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Turkish: poligon — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Turkish: atış yeri — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Ukrainian: тир (tyr) — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Ukrainian: стрі́льбище (strílʹbyšče) — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Uzbek: tir — a facility designed for firearms practice
  • Uzbek: otish maydoni — a facility designed for firearms practice