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) |
split ticket | a ballot cast by a voter who votes for candidates from more than one party |
straight ticket | a ballot cast by a voter who votes for all the candidates of 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 |
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 |
box office ticket office ticket booth | the office where tickets of admission are sold |
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 |
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 |
ticket window | a window through which tickets are sold (as from a ticket booth) |
ticket just the ticket | the appropriate or desirable thing, this car could be just the ticket for a small family |
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 |
ticket book | a book of tickets that can be torn out and used |
slate ticket | a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices |
meal ticket luncheon voucher | coupon redeemable at a restaurant and entitling the holder to a meal |
ticket | a commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment) |
commutation ticket season ticket | a ticket good for several trips or to attend a season of entertainments, sold at a reduced rate |
plane ticket airplane ticket | a ticket good for a trip on an airplane |
railroad ticket train ticket | a ticket good for a ride on a railroad train |
theater ticket theatre ticket | a ticket good for admission to a theater |
bus ticket | a ticket good for a ride on a bus |
round-trip ticket return ticket | a ticket to a place and back (usually over the same route) |
stub ticket stub | a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt |
open account | an unpaid credit order |
ticket | a summons issued to an offender (especially to someone who violates a traffic regulation) |
speeding ticket | a ticket issued for driving above the speed limit |
parking ticket | a ticket issued for parking in a restricted place |
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 |
ticket-of-leave | a permit formerly given to convicts allowing them to leave prison under specific restrictions |
open sesame | a magical command, used by Ali Baba |
tag ticket | a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc. |
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 |
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 |
ticket line | a queue of people waiting to buy tickets |
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 |