opening
opening is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A place which is open; a breach; an aperture; a gap; cleft, or hole. We saw him at the opening of his tent. Shak.
- 2.Hence: A vacant place; an opportunity; as, an opening for business. [Colloq.] Dickens.
- 3.A thinly wooded space, without undergrowth, in the midst of a forest; as, oak openings. [U.S.] Cooper.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abra
- absence
- abysm
- abyss
- ant
- avoid
- avoidance
- avolation
- away
- bacon
- barranca
- belle
- between
- bird
- border
- breach
- breachy
- break
- brim
- brink
- brow
- caesura
- call
- canon
- chap
- chaps
- chasm
- chink
- chops
- clear
- cleft
- close
- clove
- coast
- collar
- come
- confine
- conjuncture
- coop
- crack
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is opening.
- What is a place which is open; a breach; an aperture; a gap; cleft, or hole. We saw him at the opening of his tent. Shak called?
- What is hence: A vacant place; an opportunity; as, an opening for business. [Colloq.] Dickens called?
- What is a thinly wooded space, without undergrowth, in the midst of a forest; as, oak openings. [U.S.] Cooper called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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