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 |
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 |
sausage dog sausage hound | informal term |
blimp sausage balloon sausage | a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon |
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 |
sandwich board | signboard consisting of two hinged boards that hang front and back from the shoulders of a walker and are used to display advertisements |
open door | freedom of access, he maintained an open door for all employees |
sausage curl | a fat sausage-shaped curl |
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 |
sausage roll | sausage meat rolled and baked in pastry |
Victoria sandwich Victoria sponge | a cake consisting of two layers of sponge cake with a jelly filling in between |
sausage | highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings |
sausage meat | any meat that is minced and spiced and cooked as patties or used to fill sausages |
blood sausage blood pudding black pudding | a black sausage containing pig's blood and other ingredients |
bologna Bologna sausage | large smooth-textured smoked sausage of beef and veal and pork |
Vienna sausage | short slender frankfurter usually with ends cut off |
liver pudding liver sausage liverwurst | sausage containing ground liver |
pork sausage | sausage containing pork |
sandwich | two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them |
sandwich plate | a serving consisting of a sandwich or sandwiches with garnishes |
ham sandwich | a sandwich made with a filling of sliced ham |
chicken sandwich | a sandwich made with a filling of sliced chicken |
club sandwich three-decker triple-decker | made with three slices of usually toasted bread |
open-face sandwich open sandwich | sandwich without a covering slice of bread |
f bomber grinder hero hero sandwich hoagie hoagy Cuban sandwich Italian sandwich poor boy sub submarine submarine sandwich torpedo wedge zep | a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments), different names are used in different sections of the United States |
bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich BLT | sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce |
western western sandwich | a sandwich made from a western omelet |
sausage pizza | tomato and cheese pizza with sausage |
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 |
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 |