OPEN SESAME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does open sesame mean? 

• OPEN SESAME (noun)
  The noun OPEN SESAME has 2 senses:

1. any very successful means of achieving a result

2. a magical command; used by Ali Baba

  Familiarity information: OPEN SESAME used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OPEN SESAME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any very successful means of achieving a result

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("open sesame" is a kind of...):

agency; means; way (thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A magical command; used by Ali Baba

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("open sesame" is a kind of...):

bid; bidding; command; dictation (an authoritative direction or instruction to do something)