open-air
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- adjective
- /ˈoʊpən ɛr/
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al aire libre
- At the entrance to St. Paul's, the queen's carriage halted for an open-air religious service.
- open-air market
- open-air museum
- open-air art gallery
zip lining and then take the open air gondola to see some night hiking extravaganza. Let's go.
- zip lining and then take the open air gondola to see some night hiking extravaganza. Let's go.
Examples
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Austin and Vanessa are on the top deck of an open-air double-decker English bus having a full-course formal dinner.
Fiction book (1997) -
We stopped for lunch at the halfway point, another open-air snack shop on the banks of a stagnant canal.
Fiction book (1992) -
I look at this vast, this beautiful, enormous open-air theater.
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The city rewrites its history in the form of an open-air museum.
Academic text (2001) -
To address family concerns, the community constructed a traditional open-air meeting house adjacent to the isolation ward.
Academic text (2011) -
Town officials are backing efforts to build a permanent, year-round open-air museum on the island.
Academic text (2007) -
The abundance of these crops is best seen in the vast open-air markets that operate on a five-day rotation.
Academic text (2004) -
The hospital lacked an isolation ward, and infectious TB cases were treated in open-air general wards.
Academic text (2011) -
We started at the children's zoo, The Ark, this huge open-air boat full of sheep, goats, and ducks.
Fiction book (1990) -
On Wednesday and Saturday mornings, there's an open-air green market in New York's Union Square.
Synonyms
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Used or done outside rather than inside a building
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Made for or used in the open air
Happening outside in the open air rather than inside
Outside, usually for eating or other activities
Antonyms
How Sheltered
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Morphology
Etymology
The word open-air comes from the two simple words open and air, literally meaning 'in the open' and 'outside'. So an open-air event is one that happens outdoors, not under a roof.