Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having a face that seems to exhibit honesty and sincerity.
  • adjective Having a side uncovered.

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  • adjective of a sandwich Being a single slice of bread with a topping
  • adjective Having an honest and sincere expression

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Examples

  • Zelophehad is having 5,000 friends over for wine and open-faced fish sandwiches.

    Carolyn Bucior: Teacher Absences: What Would Jesus Say? Carolyn Bucior 2011

  • Zelophehad is having 5,000 friends over for wine and open-faced fish sandwiches.

    Carolyn Bucior: Teacher Absences: What Would Jesus Say? Carolyn Bucior 2011

  • Another alternative is to ask for the sandwich or burger open-faced.

    The Flex Diet M.D. James Beckerman 2011

  • It is usually accompanied by a hand movement -- I curl my left hand into a fist, and then slap the top of it with the heel of my open-faced right hand, and smush the two together ferociously.

    Brienne Walsh: Locking It Down: A Story of Modern Love Brienne Walsh 2011

  • I based myself at Ibsen's, an art-filled eco-friendly hotel on fashionable Nansensgade, an easy walk from the city center and after viewing artwork at the National Gallery of Denmark, I lunched at Aamann's, specializing in a modern take on the traditional open-faced Danish sandwich called the smorrebrod.

    Jill Fergus: Copenhagen Dining Beyond Noma Jill Fergus 2011

  • Best Use: Spread sardines and sauce onto thick slices of toasted bread and top with arugula for a hearty open-faced sandwich.

    Tin Tin! Katherine Cancila 2011

  • Favorites at lunch, which began last month, include the poached-chicken apple salad ($13) and the open-faced turkey sandwich with ginger juice and Granny Smith apples on raisin-walnut bread ($10).

    Rahway Back on Track Monica Williams 2011

  • Nick Brandreth for The Wall Street Journal The open-faced turkey sandwich with lingonberries and a side of couscous is a popular lunch item at the Rail House 1449.

    Rahway Back on Track Monica Williams 2011

  • The Royal Cafe A smushi small Danish open-faced sandwich at the Royal Café But we felt a touch of hygge at Torvehallerne, a glass-enclosed food market bustling with butchers, florists, bakers and spicemongers.

    Where Cold Is Cool Sara Clemence 2011

  • It is usually accompanied by a hand movement -- I curl my left hand into a fist, and then slap the top of it with the heel of my open-faced right hand, and smush the two together ferociously.

    Brienne Walsh: Locking It Down: A Story of Modern Love Brienne Walsh 2011

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