What does "opening" mean?

Opening: A place which is open; a breach; an aperture; a gap; cleft, or hole. We saw him at the opening of his tent. Shak.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Hence: A vacant place; an opportunity; as, an opening for business. [Colloq.] Dickens.
  2. 3.A thinly wooded space, without undergrowth, in the midst of a forest; as, oak openings. [U.S.] Cooper.

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