Adjective
an open-air concert under the stars Noun
a family of city dwellers who can't wait to go camping in the open air
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Evening strolls through the San Diego and Getsemaní neighborhoods lead to open-air gatherings where the sounds of cumbia and champeta fill the streets, inviting you to dance under the Caribbean moonlight.—Essence, 7 Nov. 2025 Among the new additions is the Buena Vista Lounge, a breezy, open-air welcome area surrounded by greenery and sweeping ocean views.—Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
Outside is an open air patio, where family and friends gather for long dinners next to a kitchen plastered with family pictures.—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025 One is called Culex pipiens form pipiens, which only bites birds and lives in open air environments, and the other is called Culex pipiens form molestus — from the Latin word for annoying — which bites humans and thrives belowground.—Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for open-air
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