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OUT-OF-DOOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does out-of-door mean? 

OUT-OF-DOOR (adjective)
  The adjective OUT-OF-DOOR has 1 sense:

1. located, suited for, or taking place in the open airplay

  Familiarity information: OUT-OF-DOOR used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OUT-OF-DOOR (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Located, suited for, or taking place in the open air

Synonyms:

out-of-door; outdoor; outside

Context example:

a beautiful outdoor setting for the wedding

Similar:

alfresco; open-air (in the open air)

outdoorsy (characteristic of or suitable to outdoor life)

Also:

exterior (situated in or suitable for the outdoors or outside of a building)


 Context examples 


Then Jo and Meg, with a detachment of the bigger boys, set forth the supper on the grass, for an out-of-door tea was always the crowning joy of the day.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)



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