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Origin of open airFirst recorded in 1520–30 Words nearby open airopen, openable, open account, open admissions, open adoption, open air, open and aboveboard, open-and-shut, open-angle glaucoma, open bar, open biopsy Definition for open air (2 of 2)[ oh-puhn-air ] / ˈoʊ pənˈɛər /
adjectiveexisting in, taking place in, or characteristic of the open air; outdoor: The orchestra gave three open-air concerts last summer. Origin of open-airFirst recorded in 1820–30 OTHER WORDS FROM open-airopen-airish, adjectiveo·pen-air·ish·ness, nounopen-airness, nounDictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for open airBehind her a film crew set up beneath an open-air Venetian pavilion. Hilaria Thomas, Yoga Instructor (and the Next Mrs. Alec Baldwin)|Lizzie Crocker|May 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST With five minutes left, Rayland meets Bucks in an open-air restaurant and kills him in a shootout. The Elmore Leonard Interview|Allen Barra|April 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST Most of the fires have begun in cars sitting in open-air garages beneath residential units. What’s Driving L.A. Serial Arsonist to Set Fires?|Christine Pelisek|January 2, 2012|DAILY BEAST Most of the fires have begun in cars sitting in open-air garages beneath upstairs residential units. Los Angeles Fires: Officials Race to Identify the Arsonist|Christine Pelisek|December 31, 2011|DAILY BEAST
It is a bazaar, a souk, an open-air temple celebrating cheap desire. New York's Comic-Book Hero|Malcolm Jones|March 4, 2011|DAILY BEAST He could sink it to a whisper and still be audible, while in open-air meetings he could easily make himself heard by thousands. Successful Methods of Public Speaking|Grenville Kleiser In Aden there is a kind of open-air coffee "exchange" (as in Harar) where the camel trains unload their coffee from the interior. All About Coffee|William H. Ukers He looked remarkably handsome in his riding-dress, and with the open-air exercise he had just had. Wives and Daughters|Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Major Kent, like most men who lead an open-air life, had a healthy appetite at breakfast-time. The Simpkins Plot|George A. Birmingham I am sure a boy like you ought to be leading an open-air life somewhere. The Lonely Unicorn|Alec Waugh
British Dictionary definitions for open air
noun- the place or space where the air is unenclosed; the outdoors
- (as modifier)an open-air concert
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to open airopen, outdoors, outside, alfresco, out-of-doors |