Definition of open-air
: outdoor
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First Known Use of open-air
1830
Examples of open air in a Sentence
a family of city dwellers who can't wait to go camping in the open air
Recent Examples of open air from the Web
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For those who’d rather shop in the open air, the Market Common provides an entire ‘village’ of residences, restaurants and shops to peruse.
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Provincial officials in these areas reported that more than 7,000 schools either teach in open air or have worked out temporary arrangements for classes in rental homes.
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The virus latches onto the nose and throat mucus and proliferates through coughing and sneezing, with a life span of up to two hours in the open air.
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The process of air-chilling a chicken means that, after it was slaughtered and de-feathered and all that, it was cooled by hanging in open air, not by being submerged in cold water.
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Some viruses usually die within hours when out in the open air, Dr. Leone explains.
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The billboard near Interstate 15 is about 3.5 miles (5.6 kilometers) from Mandalay Bay resort, where a gunman fired more than 1,000 shots from 32nd-floor windows into the crowd at an open air concert before killing himself.
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The virus latches onto the nose and throat mucus and proliferates through coughing and sneezing, with a life span of up to two hours in the open air.
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Urns here are not hidden in niches behind glass, but instead are on display in the open air.
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First Known Use of open air
15th century
open air Synonyms
Synonyms
nature, open, out-of-doors, outdoors, wild, wilderness;
Related Words
backwoods, bush, country, frontier, hinterland, sticks, up-country;
OPEN-AIR Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of open-air for English Language Learners
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: located outside rather than inside a building
OPEN-AIR Defined for Kids
open air
Definition of open air for Students
: space that is not enclosed or covered
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open-air
adjective- An open-air concert will be held in the park.
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