mine disposal | the disposal of explosive mines |
open sesame | any very successful means of achieving a result |
open primary | a primary in which any registered voter can vote (but must vote for candidates of only one party) |
open frame break | any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare, the break in the eighth frame cost him the match |
treadmill salt mine | a job involving drudgery and confinement |
open-heart surgery | heart surgery in which the rib cage is spread open, the heart is stopped and blood is detoured through a heart-lung machine while a heart valve or coronary artery is surgically repaired |
claymore mine claymore | an antipersonnel land mine whose blast is aimed at the oncoming enemy |
coal mine coalpit | a mine where coal is dug from the ground |
copper mine | a mine where copper is dug from the ground |
fireplace hearth open fireplace | an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built, the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it, he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it, the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires |
floating mine marine mine | an explosive mine designed to destroy ships that bump into it |
goldmine gold mine | a mine where gold ore is found |
goldmine gold mine | a good source of something that is desired |
land mine ground-emplaced mine booby trap | an explosive mine hidden underground, explodes when stepped on or driven over |
magnetic mine | (nautical) a marine mine that is detonated by a mechanism that responds to magnetic material (as the steel hull of a ship) |
mine | explosive device that explodes on contact, designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel |
mine | excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted |
mine detector | detector consisting of an electromagnetic device, used to locate explosive mines |
open-air market open-air marketplace market square | a public marketplace where food and merchandise is sold |
open circuit | an incomplete electrical circuit in which no current flows |
open-end wrench tappet wrench | a wrench having parallel jaws at fixed separation (often on both ends of the handle) |
open-hearth furnace | a furnace for making steel in which the steel is placed on a shallow hearth and flames of burning gas and hot air play over it |
open sight | rear gunsight having an open notch instead of a peephole or telescope |
open weave | a weave in which warp threads never come together, leaving interstices in the fabric |
salt mine | a mine where salt is dug |
silver mine | a mine where silver ore is dug |
strip mine | an open mine (usually for coal) where the seams run close to the surface |
sulphur mine sulfur mine | a mine where sulphur is dug from the ground |
open door | freedom of access, he maintained an open door for all employees |
open surface | information that has become public, all the reports were out in the open, the facts had been brought to the surface |
open interval unbounded interval | an interval that does not include its endpoints |
open account | an unpaid credit order |
open letter | a letter of protest, addressed to one person but intended for the general public |
open-door policy open door | the policy of granting equal trade opportunities to all countries |
open secret | something that is supposed to be secret but is generally known, their love affair was an open secret |
open sesame | a magical command, used by Ali Baba |
open | a tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play |
open-face sandwich open sandwich | sandwich without a covering slice of bread |
mutual fund mutual fund company open-end fund open-end investment company | a regulated investment company with a pool of assets that regularly sells and redeems its shares |
United Mine Workers of America United Mine Workers | an industrial union of mine workers in North America |
open shop | a company whose workers are hired without regard to their membership in a labor union |
open house | an informal party of people with hospitality for all comers |
Open University | a British university that is open to people without formal academic qualifications and where teaching is by correspondence or broadcasting or summer school |
open society | a society that allows its members considerable freedom (as in a democracy), America's open society has made it an easy target for terrorists |
open order | a military formation leaving enough space between ranks to allow an inspecting officer to pass |
outdoors out-of-doors open air open | where the air is unconfined, he wanted to get outdoors a little, the concert was held in the open air, camping in the open |
open clear | a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water, finally broke out of the forest into the open |
mine field | a tract of land containing explosive mines |
open chain | a chain of atoms in a molecule whose ends are not joined to form a ring |
open-end credit revolving credit charge account credit | a consumer credit line that can be used up to a certain limit or paid down at any time |