open-air
[oh-puh n-air]
- existing in, taking place in, or characteristic of the open air; outdoor: The orchestra gave three open-air concerts last summer.
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Origin of open-air
First recorded in 1820–30
open air
- the outdoors.
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Origin of open air
First recorded in 1520–30
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Examples from the Web for open-air
Contemporary Examples
Behind her a film crew set up beneath an open-air Venetian pavilion.
With five minutes left, Rayland meets Bucks in an open-air restaurant and kills him in a shootout.
Most of the fires have begun in cars sitting in open-air garages beneath residential units.
Most of the fires have begun in cars sitting in open-air garages beneath upstairs residential units.
It is a bazaar, a souk, an open-air temple celebrating cheap desire.
Historical Examples
And now for school, and as we say "school," we regret that there are not more "open-air schools."
The Mother and Her ChildWilliam S. Sadler
The coachman turned into a street where an open-air market was going on.
Robert ElsmereMrs. Humphry Ward
Both were kindly, both fond of open-air pursuits, and neither of them lazy.
FraternityJohn Galsworthy
And they scrambled once more up the land slide into the open-air.
With Haig on the SommeD. H. Parry
The resting for the night in the open-air by an armed party, instead of encamping.
The Sailor's Word-BookWilliam Henry Smyth
open air
- the place or space where the air is unenclosed; the outdoors
- (as modifier)an open-air concert
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