outdoor
//aʊtˈdɔː//
Forms
- present (v1)
- outdoor
- past (v2)
- outdoored
- past participle (v3)
- outdoored
- present participle
- outdooring
- 3rd person singular
- outdoors
Definitions
1.Situated in, designed to be used in, or carried on in the open air.
2.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.
1.To publicly display a child after it has been named
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4339
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úd
Proto-Germanic *ūt
Proto-Germanic *ūt-
Old English ūt-
Middle English ut-
English out-
English door
English outdoor
From out- + door.