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Noun: open vowel
  1. A vowel that you pronounce with your tongue on the bottom of your mouth.
    "There is an addictive musicality to the language throughout the collection, with its combination of consonant-heavy Germanic monosyllables and the open vowels of Spanish.";
    - low vowel

Type of: vowel, vowel sound

Encyclopedia: Open vowel

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open sandwich
open season
open secret
open sesame
open shop
open sight
open society
open syllable
Open University
open up
open vowel
open weave
open-air
open-air market
open-air marketplace
open-and-shut
open-angle glaucoma
openbill
opencast
opencast mining
open-chain