open

³open

noun

Definition of OPEN

1

: opening

2

: open and unobstructed space: as a : open air b : open water

3

: an open contest, competition, or tournament

4

: a public or unconcealed state or position

Examples of OPEN

1. <a daguerreotype of a cowboy whose face is roughened from a hard life in the open>

First Known Use of OPEN

13th century

Related to OPEN

Synonyms: nature, open air, outdoors, out-of-doors, wild, wilderness

Related Words: backwoods, bush, country, frontier, hinterland, sticks, up-country; outside, without; badland, barren, desert, waste, wasteland

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