ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Out-of-doors

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adverb

Quick meaning: Out-of-doors is an adverb meaning outdoors; outside.

Meaning

outdoors; outside.

More Meanings

  1. outdoors
  2. (archaic) Primarily in the open rather than under the cover of habitation.

Example Sentences

Besides the jar of contrast there came to her a chill self-reproach that she had not returned sooner, to help her mother in these domesticities, instead of indulging herself out-of-doors.
Three children, with the rich brown and richer crimson colour, and the bright black eyes which mark a southern extraction, were rolling on the grass at a little distance; and close beside the fire were seated two men, with red kerchiefs knitted round their close-curled dark hair. There was something in the complexions and the out-of-doors life that at once carried the Italians back to their own country.

Synonyms for out-of-doors

Depending on context, synonyms include open, air, open air, outdoors.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include outdoors, open air, open, air, alfresco, outerly.

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