outdoor

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˌaʊtˈdɔː/

Adjective

outdoor (not comparable)

1. Situated in, designed to be used in, or carried on in the open air. [from 18th c.]

   Synonyms: out-of-door, outside

   Antonyms: indoor, inside

2. Pertaining to charity administered or received away from, or independently from, a workhouse or other institution. [from 19th c.]
   • 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society 2016, p. 395:

     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.

Related terms

• outdoors

Translations

• French: de plein air, d'extérieur
• German: Außen-, außerhalb des Hauses, im Freien
• Portuguese: ao ar livre
• Russian: нару́жный

Verb

outdoor (outdoors, present participle outdooring; past and past participle outdoored)

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

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