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OUT-OF-DOORS

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

OUT-OF-DOORS (noun)
  The noun OUT-OF-DOORS has 1 sense:

1. where the air is unconfinedplay

  Familiarity information: OUT-OF-DOORS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OUT-OF-DOORS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Where the air is unconfined

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

open; open air; out-of-doors; outdoors

Context example:

camping in the open

Hypernyms ("out-of-doors" is a kind of...):

exterior; outside (the region that is outside of something)


 Context examples 


Mother likes to have us out-of-doors as much as possible, so we bring our work here and have nice times.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)



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