Outdoors

Definition: Outdoors

Outdoors

Adverb

1. Outside a building; "in summer we play outside".

Noun

1. Where the air is unconfined; "he wanted to get outdoors a little"; "the concert was held in the open air"; "camping in the open".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "outdoors" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1854. (references)

Synonyms: Outdoors

Feeling

Phrase: the heart big, the heart full, the heart swelling, the heart beating, the heart pulsating, the heart throbbing, the heart thumping, the heart beating high, the heart melting, the heart overflowing, the heart bursting, the heart breaking; the heart goes out, a heart as big as all outdoors (sympathy).

Crosswords: Outdoors

Drinkin out the 40 bottle, livin outdoors (Deception; performing artist: Blackalicious)

The Great Outdoors (1923)

Inside Outdoors (1998)

Naked Outdoors 3 (1997)

Outdoors - Racquel Darian (1996)

The Great Outdoors (1992)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Johnson Outdoors, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• Outwitting Poison Ivy : How to Prevent and Treat the Effects of Poison Ivy, Poison Oak, and Poison Sumac--For Hikers Campers, Gardeners, and Anyone Else Who Spends Time in the Outdoors (reference)

• Camping and Wilderness Survival: The Ultimate Outdoors Book (reference)

• Foghorn Outdoors California Camping: The Complete Guide to More Than 1,500 Campgrounds (California Camping, 12th Ed) (reference)

• Adventuring With Children: An Inspirational Guide to World Travel and the Outdoors (Avalon House Travel Series) (reference)

• Los Alamos Outdoors (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Alaska Outdoors (reference)

• Amc Outdoors (reference)

• Blue Ridge Outdoors (reference)

• Colorado Outdoors (reference)

• Dakota Outdoors (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• The Great Outdoors (reference)

• Tim & Harvey in the Great Outdoors (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Cabela's Passion for the Outdoors (reference)

• Son of the Great Outdoors [IMPORT] (reference)

• Sounds of Nature & the Great Outdoors (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods

• COLEMAN OUTDOORS 295-700T Dual-Fuel 2-Mantle Powerhouse Lantern (reference)

• Coleman Outdoors 414-700 Portable 2 Burner Dual Fuel Stove (reference)

• Coleman Outdoors 5348H700 6 Twin Tube Rechargeable Area Lantern (reference)

• Coleman Outdoors 829A204T Waterproof Matches (reference)

• Coleman Outdoors 6263-707 50 Quart Xtreme Wheeled Cooler, Silver (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Pictured are two young women riding a horse. It is outdoors on a summer day. These two young women are part of a larger Mormon family. The Mormons are presently being studied for their low cancer death rate. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Pictured is a crowd scene of people walking outdoors. They are wearing light coats and jackets. Population studies tell much about how cancer is caused and how to prevent it. This photograph was in the NCI book "Decade of Discovery.". Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Several young children can be seen playing with toy trucks and their pet rabbits. They are outdoors on a summer day, building a play construction site. A farmstyle house and mountains can be seen in the background. These people are part of a large Mormon family who are being studied for their low cancer death rate. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

An adult black man is pictured here in a home setting at the kitchen table with his wife, daughter and son. He is assembling a model car, indicating the digital facility he maintains. He is also seen outdoors with his three children. He was diagnosed as having osteogenic sarcoma of the upper left arm. Surgeons implanted a metal rod in place of the cancerous bone. A new technique. Since the muscle and tendon were saved, he still has use of the arm. The procedure was possible since his cancer had not spread. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

A family enjoys the great outdoors. Credit: Robert G. Price.

People enjoy spending time in the outdoors. Credit: Robert G. Price.

Sherrie Petersen and Denise Meridith, Arizona State Director, greet WOW campers. The WOW program -- Wonderful Outdoor World -- brings the great outdoors to urban youth. Credit: Unknown.

Wagons outdoors near the NHOTIC, with Blues in the background. Credit: BLM Staff.

Art director for Outdoors Magazine, Saltwater Sportsman, Child Life, and Open Road for Boys. (Deceased) Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page.

Acrylic painting of a pair of black-bellied whistling ducks by Jim Hautman, 2015 Xanthus Lane, Plymouth, Minnesota 55447. At age 25, he is the youngest wildlife artist ever to win the Duck Stamp Contest. This was the fifth time he entered. Jim placed third in the 1987 contest with a pair of bufflehead ducks. As a full-time wildlife artist, he exhibits regularly at the Michigan Wildlife Habitat Foundation's wildlife art show, as well as local exhibitions. He is a native Minnesotan and an avid outdoorsman and hunter. Painting since childhood, he decided to combine his love of the outdoors with his artistic ability. Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Every child begins the world again, to some extent, and loves to stay outdoors, even in wet and cold

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Do not defecate outdoors. (references)

Use only when outdoors and wash skin after coming indoors. (references)

Wear long-sleeved shirts and long pants whenever you are outdoors. (references)

Civil Liberties

Pakistan

Some groups circumvented the ban by meeting in private homes while using loudspeakers to carry the proceedings to supporters outdoors. (references)

Pakistan

In March 2000, the Musharraf Government enacted an ordinance banning all public political gatherings, processions, and strikes held outdoors. (references)

Bulgaria

The authorities require permits for rallies and assemblies held outdoors, but most legally registered organizations routinely were granted permission to assemble. (references)

Economic History

Chile

Other security equipment that continues to be in demand includes access control, burglar and fire alarms and detectors, CCTV, outdoors photoelectric beam detectors for perimeter protection, and fire-fighting equipment. (references)

Travel

Ghana

Outdoors, on Independence Road, between 37th Military Hospital and Sankara Circle. (references)

Worker Rights

United Arab Emirates

In addition manual workers are not required to work outdoors when the temperature exceeds 112 degrees Fahrenheit. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "outdoors": a heart as big as all outdoors sympathy ♦ drum storage outdoors ♦ the great outdoors. Additional references.

Albanian

përjashta (abroad, outside), jashtë (above, beyond, cross-country, forth, off side, out, outboard, out-of-door, outside, outward, outwards, oversea, without). (various references)

Arabic 

‏في الهواء الطلق (alfresco, outside), ‏في الخلاء, ‏عراء (open air), ‏إلى العراء. (various references)

Bulgarian 

отвън (from outside, from without, outside, without), навън (al fresco, out, out of doors, outside, outward, outwards, without), на открито (abroad, al fresco, out, out of doors, outdoor, out-of-door, outside). (various references)

Chinese 

在戶外 , 户外. (various references)

Czech

venku (in the open air, out, outside, without), v přírodì (in the open air, out of doors). (various references)

Danish

udendørs lydudbredelsesdæmpning (attenuation of sound during propagation outdoors). (various references)

Dutch

materieel voor gebruik buitenshuis (equipment used outdoors). (various references)

Farsi 

خارج ازمنزل (Alfresco), درهوای ازاد (Alfresco, Outdoor), بیرون (Abroad, Away, External, Out, Outdoor, Outside, Surface, Without). (various references)

Finnish

ulos (exit, from, out, out of, out of doors, outside), ulkona (out, out of doors, outside), ulkoilmassa (out of doors). (various references)

French

grand air, en plein air (out door), dehors (on the outside, out, outside, the outside), au grand air (outdoor), à l'extérieur (outside, outwardly), à la belle étoile. (various references)

German

draußen (abroad, afield, out, out there, outdoor, outside). (various references)

Greek 

έξω (ex-, forth, out, out of doors, outside, without), ύπαιθρο (open air). (various references)

Hebrew 

בחוץ (alfresco, out door, out of doors, outdoor, outside, without). (various references)

Hungarian

kinn (at the outside, out, out of, out of doors, out-of-door, outside, outwardly, without), házon kívül (abroad, out of doors, without doors). (various references)

Italian

l'esterno, l'aperto, fuori (abroad, away, forth, out, outside, without), all'aria aperta (out), all'aperto (alfresco, open air, out, outdoor, outside), al di fuori (outdoor, outside, outward). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

戸外　 (open-air), 戸外 (open-air), 室外 , 屋外 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おくがい, しつがい, こがい (a small force, buying in small quantity, open-air, protege). (various references)

Korean 

야외에서. (various references)

Manx

mooie (abroad, exterior, external, extraneous, out, outboard, outer, outstanding, outward, owing, without), magh (exit, forth, out, outboard, outward, outwards, plain), fo'n aer. (various references)

Pig Latin

outdoorsay.(various references)

Portuguese

fora de casa (abroad, afield, out, outdoor, out-of-door, out-of-doors), ao ar livre (alfresco, in the open air, outdoor, out-of-door, outside). (various references)

Romanian

afarã (abroad, be off, forth, get gone, get out you, out, out of doors, pack off, without), în aer liber (alfresco, in the open air, out of doors, outdoor, out-of-door). (various references)

Russian 

на открытом воздухе (alfresco, out of doors, outdoor, out-of-door). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

van kuće (away, out), spoljašnji svet (out of doors), pod vedrim nebom (alfresco, open air, outdoor, out-of-door), napolju (out at, outside). (various references)

Spanish

fuera de casa (abroad, outdoor, out-of-door), el aire libre, al aire libre (alfresco, in the open air, outdoor, out-of-door). (various references)

Swedish

utomhus (abroad, out doors, out of doors, outdoor, out-of-doors, without), i fria luften (out doors, out of doors). (various references)

Turkish

dışarıya (out, outward, outwards), dışarıda (abroad, out, outdoor, without), açık havada (alfresco, in the open, in the open air, out of doors, outdoor, under the open sky), açık hava (alfresco, fair weather, open air, outdoor, the open). (various references)

Ukrainian

вулиця (out-of-door, road), зовні (abroad, but, on the outside, out-of-door, outside, outwardly, outwith, without), просто неба (outdoor, out-of-door, outside), подвір'я (court, out-of-door). (various references)

Vietnamese 

ở ngoài trời (out of doors), ở ngoài nhà. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "outdoors": outdoorsman, outdoorsmanship, outdoorsmanships, outdoorsmen, outdoorsy. (additional references)

Words ending with "outdoors": withoutdoors. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: odorous, outdoor.

-2 letters: odours, stroud, torous.

-3 letters: doors, duros, durst, odors, odour, ordos, outdo, roods, roost, roots, rotos, roust, routs, stood, stour, sudor, toros, torso, torus, tours, turds.

-4 letters: door, dors, dost, dots, dour, duos, duro, dust, odor, oots, ordo, orts, ouds, ours, oust, outs, rods, rood, root, roto, rots, rout, rust, ruts, soot.

+1 letter: outdoorsy.

+3 letters: outdoorsman, outdoorsmen.

+4 letters: southernwood, withoutdoors.

+5 letters: boustrophedon, coproductions, nonconductors, photoproducts, southernwoods, unorthodoxies.