outdoor
/aʊtˈdɔː/
outdoor adjective: situated in, designed to be used in, or carried on in the open air.
Adjective
outdoor (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,[…].1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- alfresco, open-air, out-of-door, outside
- 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.1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 395
Verb
outdoor (third-person singular simple present outdoors, present participle outdooring, simple past and past participle outdoored)
outdoor meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
outdoor in Tamil
- வெளிப்புறம்
outdoor in Urdu
- باہر
outdoor in Bengali
- বহিরঙ্গন, গৃহের বহিংস্থ, অণাবাসিক
outdoor in Malayalam
- പുറമേ, വീട്ടിൻറെ പുറത്ത്, പുറവാതിൽ
More languagesFewer languages
- outdoor in Kannada
- ಹೊರಾಂಗಣ, ಬಯಲು, ಹೊರಾಂಗಣದ, ಬಹಿರಂಗದಲ್ಲಿನ
- outdoor in Punjabi
- ਆਊਟਡੋਰ, ਆਊਟਡੋਅਰ
- outdoor in Indonesian
- di luar ruangan, di luar rumah, di tempat terbuka
Examples of outdoor in a sentence
- Teak is much used for outdoor benches, but a number of other woods are also suitable, such as ipé, redwood, etc.
- This family friendly paradise - with its giant snow slides, outdoor amphitheatre, and traditional winter activities - is the ideal destination for the young and old alike.
- According to my iPhone, there is 90 percent humidity during the outdoor dance.
Synonyms of outdoor
Antonyms
Forms of outdoor
| third-person singular present | outdoors |
|---|---|
| present participle | outdooring |
| past participle | outdoored |
| past | outdoored |
Origin of outdoor
From out- + door.
Words formed from outdoor
Phrases with outdoor
Words that rhyme with outdoor
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about outdoor
- What does outdoor mean?
- Outdoor means situated in, designed to be used in, or carried on in the open air.
- What is outdoor in Tamil?
- Outdoor in Tamil is வெளிப்புறம். See Outdoor meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is outdoor?
- Outdoor can be an adjective or a verb.
- How do you pronounce outdoor?
- Outdoor is pronounced /aʊtˈdɔː/ (UK).
Words near outdoor in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: outdoor (page history and authors); outdoor (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); outdoor (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); outdoor (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); outdoor (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); outdoor (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); outdoor (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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