opening

Roget-categorie 260

2. Words relating to space
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#260. Opening

zelfstandig naamwoord

hole, foramen — puncture, perforation — fontanel^† — transforation^† — pinhole, keyhole, loophole, porthole, peephole, mousehole, pigeonhole — eye of a needle — eyelet — slot.
opening — aperture, apertness^† — hiation^†, yawning, oscitancy^†, dehiscence, patefaction^†, pandiculation^† — chasm etc. (interval) 198.
embrasure, window, casement — abatjour^† — light — sky light, fan light — lattice — bay window, bow window — oriel [Arch.] — dormer, lantern.
outlet, inlet — vent, vomitory — embouchure — orifice, mouth, sucker, muzzle, throat, gullet, weasand^†, wizen, nozzle — placket.
portal, porch, gate, ostiary^†, postern, wicket, trapdoor, hatch, door — arcade — cellarway^†, driveway, gateway, doorway, hatchway, gangway — lich gate^†.
way, path etc. 627 — thoroughfare — channel — passage, passageway — tube, pipe — water pipe etc. 350 — air pipe etc. 351 — vessel, tubule, canal, gut, fistula — adjutage^†, ajutage^† — ostium^† — smokestack — chimney, flue, tap, funnel, gully, tunnel, main — mine, pit, adit^†, shaft — gallery.
alley, aisle, glade, vista.
bore, caliber — pore — blind orifice — fulgurite^†, thundertube^†.
porousness, porosity.
sieve, cullender^†, colander — cribble^†, riddle, screen — honeycomb.
apertion^†, perforation — piercing etc. v. — terebration^†, empalement^†, pertusion^†, puncture, acupuncture, penetration.
key etc. 631, opener, master key, password, combination, passe-partout.

werkwoord

open, ope^†, gape, yawn, bilge — fly open.
perforate, pierce, empierce^†, tap, bore, drill — mine etc. (scoop out) 252 — tunnel — transpierce^†, transfix — enfilade, impale, spike, spear, gore, spit, stab, pink, puncture, lance, stick, prick, riddle, punch — stave in.
cut a passage through — make way for, make room for.
uncover, unclose, unrip^† — lay open, cut open, rip open, throw open, pop open, blow open, pry open, tear open, pull open.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

open — perforated etc. v. — perforate — wide open, ajar, unclosed, unstopped — oscitant^†, gaping, yawning — patent.
tubular, cannular^†, fistulous — pervious, permeable — foraminous^† — vesicular, vasicular^† — porous, follicular, cribriform^†, honeycombed, infundibular^†, riddled — tubulous^†, tubulated^† — piped, tubate^†.
opening etc. v. — aperient^†.

tussenwerpsel

open sesame!,

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