out-of-door

adjective

ˌau̇t-ə(v)-ˈdȯr How to pronounce out-of-door (audio)
variants or out-of-doors
ˌau̇t-ə(v)-ˈdȯrz How to pronounce out-of-door (audio)
Synonyms of out-of-doornext
: outdoor

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Examples of out-of-door in a Sentence

an out-of-door performance under the stars
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This winter season, let yourself get obsessed with a new out-of-doors activity. — Wendy Altschuler, Forbes.com, 5 Feb. 2026 But as rain goes, Friday’s did not seem notably heavy, and no great determination or stout umbrella seemed needed to defy the drops and venture into the out-of-doors. — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2023 The reversal, perhaps typical of our time, is that, whereas the Welles broadcast was a program that, heard indoors, thrust people in terror out-of-doors, our drone panic involves an outdoor occurrence that people race inside to make sense of. — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1786, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of out-of-door was in 1786

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“Out-of-door.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/out-of-door. Accessed 10 Jul. 2026.

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out-of-door

adjective
-ˈdō(ə)r, 
-ˈdȯ(ə)r
variants or out-of-doors
-ˈdō(ə)rz, 
-ˈdȯ(ə)rz
1
: outdoor sense 1
2
: outdoor sense 2

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