CLEARINGS Synonyms

• a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing

• a blank gap or missing part

• a piece of material ready to be made into something

• a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet

• (of a surface) not written or printed on

• without comprehension

• not charged with a bullet

• complete and absolute

• keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning

• a wide scope

• the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary

• a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky

• a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area

• a piece of land covered or mostly covered with grass; a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay

• first or beginning

• an open or empty space in or between things

• a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise

• becoming open or being made open

• the first performance (as of a theatrical production)

• the act of opening something

• opportunity especially for employment or promotion

• the initial part of the introduction

• a possible alternative

• an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity

• a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made

• an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship

• a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess

• the first of a series of actions

• not elaborate or elaborated; simple

• lacking patterns especially in color

• extensive tract of level open land

• a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side

• unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')

• clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

• not mixed with extraneous elements

• free from any effort to soften to disguise

• lacking embellishment or ornamentation

• lacking in physical beauty or proportion

• express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness

• a treeless grassy plain

• the unlimited expanse in which everything is located

• an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things)

• an area reserved for some particular purpose

• any location outside the Earth's atmosphere

• a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing

• the interval between two times

• a blank area

• one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff

• (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences

• place at intervals

• a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area

• an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding

• the act of removing solid particles from a liquid