open plain

collocation in English

meaningsofopenandplain

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open
adjective
uk
/ˈəʊ.pən/us
/ˈoʊ.pən/
not closed ...
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plain
noun
uk
/pleɪn/us
/pleɪn/
a large area of ...
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(Definition ofopenandplainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofopen plain

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They forced a restructuring of society, promoting the occupation of the open plains rather than the hilltops, which were typical at the time.
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They found farming in the mountains safer than on the open plains.
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This has effected in secondary forests and vast stretches of open plains dominated by grasses.
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Rudimentary fences could be erected to control sheep, which on large runs without fences would keep to the open plains.
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The games were played in open plains located between the two villages, and the goals could range from to six miles apart.
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It is in anopenplain, in a delightful part of the world.
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But it is anopenplainand no one can see where the high ground is.
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He proposed that we should move to what he called anopenplainof opportunity and his only precise proposal was to put a new tax on food imports.
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The other alternative is to take action—and nobody will deny the difficulty of taking it—to move out of the siege economy and on to theopenplainof opportunity.
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A flight of broad steps cut into a cliff and lead to anopenplainthat surrounds the grand white building.
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There was no such thing as cover, for this valley of death was a perfectlyopenplain, waist deep in snow.
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When they arrive, there is only oneopenplain, three lakes and nine rivers.
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They might worship it in a formal temple structure, forest grove or anopenplain.
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The taluka is cubular in form, and in its western part a richopenplain.
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The emperor sent ahead his general with orders on reaching the other end to occupy in force a position in theopenplainbeyond.
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Dik-diks may live in places as varied as dense forest oropenplain, but they require good cover and not too much tall grass.
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We cross a largeopenplainand then enter a steep-sided, black, shale-strewn valley.
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The area is largelyopenplain, with few hillocks.
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It traverses through remote,openplain.
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Tree country giving place to open plains.
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