outdoor

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   pertaining to or concerning the outdoors or outdoor activities

   outdoor education is the area of teacher training concerned with training for outdoor activities

2. 2
   adj

   Situated in, designed to be used in, or carried on in the open air.

   A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away,[…].

3. 3
   adj

   Pertaining to charity administered or received away from, or independently from, a workhouse or other institution.

   Believing social policy should be directed by experts to bring about the greatest happiness of the greatest number, Benthamites judged the old Poor Law outdoor relief system a recipe for waste and idleness.

4. 4
   adj

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

5. 5
   verb

   To publicly display a child after it has been named

Etymology

From out- + door.