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  • adjective architecture Having large rooms with few dividing barriers such as partitions

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective (of rooms or buildings) having large rooms with few dividing partitions

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Examples

  • In America, we’ve seen more and more so-called open-plan kitchens—kitchens that blend seamlessly into dens or other sprawling rooms.

    What Women Want Paco Underhill 2010

  • In America, we’ve seen more and more so-called open-plan kitchens—kitchens that blend seamlessly into dens or other sprawling rooms.

    What Women Want Paco Underhill 2010

  • Inside, the white walls were charred with burn marks, stretching up to the open-plan, second floor ceilings.

    Presidential Villas Become Target of Tunisian Anger Margaret Coker 2011

  • She strode across the open-plan floor of the newsroom, thanking heaven for the reviving miracles worked by make-up and curling tongs.

    The Priest Gerard O’Donovan 2011

  • The brief included the fact that the future owner of the house wanted a “glamorous contemporary open-plan light-filled house that offered a view to the garden from every room”.

    Ansley Park Glass House Renovation by BLDGS Architects 2009

  • "Profit-driven architecture or super theoretical projects would not thrive in Denmark," he says, speaking in BIG's open-plan Copenhagen offices.

    Bjarke Ingels's BIG Ambitions J. S. Marcus 2011

  • We always tell readers to look for properties with open-plan kitchen and dining areas or big patios where everyone can gather and cook, eat, and visit.

    Dr. Irene S. Levine: Q& A With Valerie Rains, Editor of Budget Travel's Girlfriend Getaways Dr. Irene S. Levine 2011

  • Here on the sixth floor there was no open-plan space, just corridors and discrete offices, some with small secretarial areas outside with desks and monitors.

    The Priest Gerard O’Donovan 2011

  • At the opposite end of the Usine gallery is the couple's private headquarters, with two small bedrooms "If it were up to me, I'd live in a completely empty, white bedroom!" says the artist, an open-plan kitchen with a counter of 20-centimeter-thick steel, shiny stainless steel floors and a living room/office chockablock with prized pieces by Mr. Venet's wide circle of artist friends from the Minimalist and New Realist schools.

    Venet: A French Artist and His Domain Lanie Goodman 2011

  • You tick off a choice of antipasti from a paper-strip menu calamari salad, salami, burrata, marinated anchovies with a fennel, grapes and sun-dried lemons and nibble on focaccia dipped in Tuscan olive oil, while in the open-plan kitchen, chef Robbie Pepin dishes up homemade gnocchi with artichokes, cuttlefish and olives, asparagus risotto and veal sirloin, grilled lamb or roasted sea bass.

    To Catch a View in Monaco Lanie Goodman 2011

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