out-of-doors

[ out-uhv-dawrz, -dohrz ]

adjective

1. Also out-of-door. outdoor.

noun

1. (used with a singular verb) outdoors.

out-of-doors

adverb

1. postpositive in the open air; outside Alsooutdoors

Word History and Origins

Origin of out-of-doors¹

First recorded in 1800–10

Example Sentences

Food and Drug Administration, requires that “pasture-raised” animals “had continuous, free access to the out-of-doors for a significant portion of their lives.”

From National Geographic

“When I entered college, I was devoted to out-of-doors natural history, and my ambition was to be a scientific man of the Audubon, or Wilson, or Baird, or Coues type,” Roosevelt wrote.

From Literature

She pined away sitting on the ground out-of-doors where she could watch him, turning her face and following him with her eyes as he journeyed over the sky.

From Literature

When guys in camouflage pants and hunting hats sat around in the Four Aces Diner talking about fearsome things done out-of-doors, I would no longer have to feel like such a cupcake.

From Literature

Eightysomethings hold onto the railings when going up and down stairs and rarely emerge out-of-doors if there is ice on the streets.

From Salon

Related Words

• breezy
• uncluttered