Opening
| Groups |
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Primary Base | hi* |
Child Elements
| hi* | dis itg | Opening. |
| hiend* | dat pa | To be(come) opened (by/from). |
| hiod* | dat ac | To open. |
| hior* | gen act | 1. To open, gape, yawn. 2. (Of plants) To split open spontaneously to discharge seeds, pollen, or other contents. |
| hios* | ess sta | Open. |
| sto* | dis tg | Porch, stoa. |
| stom* | dis tg | Stoma, small opening that is not a pore. |
Descendants
| * | Alley | Opening for walking. |
| * | Hole | Result of opening. |
| hior* | Opener | Instrument of opening. |
| or* | Orifice | Zoological opening for eating or excretion. |
| terebr* | Perforation | Opening of a subject by force with an object. |
| terebrobl* | Perforator | Instrument of perforation. |
| por* | Pore | Minute opening or passageway. |
| hiobi* | Porousness | Quality of containing openings. |
| jan* | Portal | Entrance, entry point, or means of entry. |
| kamin* | Tube | Solid of cylinder, rod or filament form that is open through its middle. |
| tun* | Tunnel | |
| fenestr* | Window | Opening within a continuum. |
| bat* | Yawn | Opening the mouth due to weariness or fatigue. |
Cross-Reference
| kanal* | Conduit | Opening for the passage of fluid matter. |
Siblings
| akew* | Bluntness | Lack of sharpness. |
| klud* | Closure | |
| kav* | Concavity | Curvature inward. |
| mont* | Convexity | Curvature outward. |
| plat* | Flatness | Lack of convexity or concavity. |
| pl* | Fold | Curvature of a surface onto itself. |
| striq* | Furrow | Narrow concavity in a surface. |
| och* | Notch | Angular or V-shaped cut, indentation, or slit in an object, surface, or edge. |
| hi* | Opening | |
| * | Roughness | Nonuniformity of the texture of a surface. |
| ak* | Sharpness | |
| * | Smoothness | Uniformity of the texture of a surface. |
Notes
Opening synonyms
Gape, yawn; chasm, gorge, defile, ravine, cañon, crevasse, abyss, abysm; gulf; inlet, frith, strait, gully.
outlet, inlet; vent, venthole, blowhole, airhole, spiracle; vomitory [Rom. arch.]; embouchure; orifice, mouth, sucker, muzzle, throat, gullet, weasand, wizen [dial.], nozzle; placket.
WAY, path [See Method]; thoroughfare; channel, gully; passage, passageway.
POROUSNESS, porosity; sieve, strainer, colander or cullender; cribble, riddle, screen; honeycomb.