A structure that bars passage.
A separation between two areas of the body where specialized cells allow the entry of certain substances but prevent the entry of others.
A martial exercise of the 15th and 16th centuries.
The lists in a tournament.
An obstacle or impediment.
A node (in government and binding theory) said to intervene between other nodes A and B if it is a potential governor for B, c-commands B, and does not c-command A.
A boundary or limit.
To block or obstruct with a barrier.
A gap permitting passage through.
The first few measures of a musical composition.
The first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe.
The initial period when a show at an art gallery or museum is first opened, especially the first evening.
A vacant position, especially in an array.
An unoccupied employment position.
In mathematical morphology, the dilation of the erosion of a set.
An act or instance of making or becoming open.
A time available in a schedule.
An opportunity, as in a competitive activity.
An act or instance of beginning.
The first few moves in a game.
Pertaining to the start or beginning of a series of events.
describing the first period of play, usually up to the fall of the first wicket; describing a batsman who opens the innings or a bowler who opens the attack