a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess | the opening of a jar or bottle |
the act of opening something | the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening |
becoming open or being made open | the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge |
the first of a series of actions | an impudent or insolent rejoinder |
a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made | the point where a stream issues into a larger body of water |
an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship | an opening that resembles a mouth (as of a cave or a gorge) |
an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity | a person conceived as a consumer of food |
a possible alternative | a spokesperson (as a lawyer) |
the initial part of the introduction | |
the first performance (as of a theatrical production) | |
a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise | |
an open or empty space in or between things | |
opportunity especially for employment or promotion | |