double-barreled
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dou·ble-bar·reled
(dŭb′əl-băr′əld)adj.
1. Having two barrels mounted side by side: a double-barreled shotgun.
2. Having two purposes or parts; twofold: a double-barreled poll question.
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dou′ble-bar′reled
adj.
1. (esp. of a shotgun) having two barrels mounted side by side.
2. serving a double purpose or having two aspects.
[1700–10]
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Adj. | 1. | double-barreled - having two barrels mounted side by side; "a double-barreled shotgun" single-barreled, single-barrelled - having one barrel; "most guns are single-barreled" |
2. | double-barreled - having two purposes; twofold; "our double-barreled desire to make things profitable as well as attractive"- Louis Kronenbergers ambiguous - having more than one possible meaning; "ambiguous words"; "frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy" |
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