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open-plan

open-plan adjective: having large rooms with few dividing barriers such as partitions.

Adjective

open-plan (comparative more open-plan, superlative most open-plan)

  1. Having large rooms with few dividing barriers such as partitions.
    • Sitting in one of the booths (with table and comfy seats) in the open plan ground floor reception, Network Rail Business Change Manager Sarah Newman explains how NR had been eyeing up the building in late 2024, with work starting on site in August 2025.2025 December 24, Andy Comfort, “Signalling a change in training”, in RAIL, number 1051, page 28

Forms of open-plan

comparativemore open-plan
superlativemost open-plan

Words formed from open-plan

Phrases with open-plan

Questions about open-plan

What does open-plan mean?
Open-plan means having large rooms with few dividing barriers such as partitions.
What part of speech is open-plan?
Open-plan is an adjective.

Words near open-plan in the dictionary

  1. open-note
  2. open-notes
  3. open-pit mine
  4. open-pit mines
  5. open-pittable
  6. open-plan
  7. open-plan kitchen
  8. open-plan kitchens
  9. open-road
  10. open-shopper
  11. open-shoppers

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