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outdoor

  • /aʊtˈdɔː/ UK

Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)

adjective

  1. not comparable Situated in, designed to be used in, or carried on in the open air. A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away,[…].

    Similar: alfresco, open-air, out-of-door, outside · Opposite: indoor, inside

  2. not comparable Pertaining to charity administered or received away from, or independently from, a workhouse or other institution. Believing social policy should be directed by experts to bring about the greatest happiness of the greatest number, Benthamites judged the old Poor Law outdoor relief system a recipe for waste and idleness.

verb outdoors · outdooring · outdoored

  1. in some African communities To publicly display a child after it has been named

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: outdoorsy, out-of-door, alfresco, open-air, outside, overseas, out-of-town, exterior, externally, outer, outward, out, off, off-site, foreign, open

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adj situated in the open air

Españolal aire libre, al fresco, outdoor, de exteriores, para exteriores, de calle
한국어노천 nocheon, 로천 rocheon, 한데 hande
日本語屋外の okugai no, 室外の shitsugai no, 戸外の kogai no, 青空 aozora, 屋外 okugai, 露天 roten
中文戶外的 /户外的 hùwài de, 室外的 shìwài de, 露天 lùtiān
Portuguêsao ar livre, a céu aberto
Françaisde plein air, d’extérieur, en plein air, découvert
DeutschAußen-, außerhalb des Hauses, im Freien, Freiluft-
Italianoa cielo aperto, all'aperto, fuori, all'aria aperta
Ελληνικάυπαίθριος ypaíthrios
Русскийнару́жный narúžnyj, вне́шний vnéšnij, на откры́том во́здухе na otkrýtom vózduxe, под откры́тым не́бом pod otkrýtym nébom

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@misc{outdoor_2026,
  title = {outdoor},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/outdoor},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}