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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
outdoor
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an open-air/outdoor concert
▪ Clapton thrilled fans at a huge outdoor concert in New York.
an outdoor café
▪ The central square was full of outdoor cafés.
an outdoor game
▪ Outdoor games are affected by the weather.
outdoor activities
▪ The college is well situated for students who are interested in outdoor activities.
outdoor clothing
▪ The shop sells ski-wear and other outdoor clothing.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
activity
▪ This chapter deals with outdoor activities within the school grounds.
▪ Walking and birding are two of the fastest-growing outdoor activities.
▪ The bureau has brochures highlighting outdoor activities that tourists can participate in -- activities that are well-suited for a recreational greenway.
▪ They do lots of fun outdoor activities like canoeing, hiking and camping.
▪ The centre is ideally located within easy reach of many historical sites and venues for practical and outdoor activities.
▪ Forthcoming events include outdoor activities in the park, a barbecue and a trip to the Open Naval Day at Rosyth.
▪ Like most young men of his background he excelled in outdoor activities - deer-stalking, mountaineering and shooting.
centre
▪ Preparatory lectures will give a theoretical perspective to a residential weekend at an outdoor centre.
▪ The Place des Lices resounds with the laughter of schoolchildren on their way to a nearby outdoor centre.
▪ This is largely the result of the crags' proximity to the road and their popularity with local outdoor centre groups.
clothing
▪ The walks take place in all but the most extreme weather conditions, so please wear suitable outdoor clothing.
▪ It was true, the old ramblers were both ugly and kitted out in the very best of outdoor clothing.
▪ Pages and serving women hastened through it, each of them bearing an item of outdoor clothing.
▪ Free from outdated rules regarding outdoor clothing and morals, the Lawrences certainly had a more lively manner.
▪ Outdoor clothing manufacturers Craghoppers will be supplying top of the range outdoor clothing as prizes.
concert
▪ Last night he had a choice between a quiet evening at home and the outdoor concert.
enthusiast
▪ The holiday was one I have always dreamed about and I would highly recommend the centre to any outdoor enthusiast.
▪ On weekends the Hub buzzes with fellow mountain bikers and outdoor enthusiasts resting and socializing.
furniture
▪ The Cassons could capitalise on the hotel's pleasant gardens by introducing outdoor furniture and parasols.
life
▪ Do you both enjoy the outdoor life?
▪ This was where John passed his early years, absorbed in a largely outdoor life.
▪ He loved both the outdoor life and the companionship of genial and talented colleagues.
▪ Alison was bronzed by outdoor life, sunny walks and tennis.
▪ On the other hand, it seems such a shame not to enjoy the outdoor life in summer.
market
▪ A half day trip to Nowy Targ, famous for its huge outdoor market.
pursuit
▪ In two cases, beds have been bought from other counties and in the third, an outdoor pursuits scheme was used.
▪ Importantly, Alloutdoors.com will provide greater traffic and e-commerce opportunities on Emap's own outdoor pursuits online activities.
▪ Other outdoor pursuits - particularly golf and horseriding - are well provided for.
▪ He was also showing a distaste for outdoor pursuits that ran against the grain of their family life.
▪ Minehead is West Somerset's busy seaside gateway to this magnificent countryside with its many outdoor pursuits.
▪ Next: walks and outdoor pursuits.
▪ They have a very comprehensive information sheet giving details of qualifications and training courses relevant to a career in outdoor pursuits.
▪ Winters are wild enough to curtail many of the outdoor pursuits that attract in the first place.
recreation
▪ What features of the city plan make it a pleasant place for outdoor recreation?
▪ There may not be a better bargain in Indiana than outdoor recreation.
▪ But for those who choose arduous outdoor recreations like climbing, water sports and ski-ing this is particularly so.
▪ It is a city more in tune with outdoor recreation than cultural institutions, but it rains there.
▪ We expect more outdoor recreation, exploring the local hills and fjords.
▪ There is a fantastic array of outdoor recreation destinations available right now.
▪ The ensuing conflict has been sharpened by the phenomenal growth of outdoor recreation during the last two decades.
▪ My conclusion is that the conditions for outdoor recreation are the best I have ever seen them.
relief
▪ If a widow had an illegitimate child, outdoor relief was likely to be stopped altogether.
▪ The rules regarding outdoor relief for widows were significantly relaxed in 1911.
▪ The law provides that they may administer indoor relief; they may not touch outdoor relief!
type
▪ I arrived at Skaftafell to find several groups of campers, all wild-eyed outdoor types, I suppose not unlike me.
▪ You should only leave 3 or 4 trusses to ripen on standard outdoor types.
▪ Tailored suits are teamed with polo-shirts and, if he's the outdoor type, there are pages of sports-inspired casual wear.
use
▪ Briquettes or Blocks: These are handy for outdoor use and horses can help themselves if and when they need it.
▪ The styling often means that they are ideal for both casual and serious outdoor use.
work
▪ She had decided to do outdoor work and earn a little money in the harvest.
▪ He has already shifted from doing the practical, outdoor work to managing it.
▪ She may have had some outdoor work as well, such as feeding poultry.
▪ I am helping my Pa with the outdoor work, as is right and proper.
▪ And he does most of the heavy outdoor work.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
outdoor furniture
outdoor sports
▪ an outdoor swimming pool
▪ The hotel has an outdoor swimming pool.
▪ The program of outdoor activities includes skiing, climbing, and hiking.
▪ Younger volunteers tend to prefer outdoor work.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A ritual that signals for me the beginning of the outdoor season.
▪ Already they've scaled up their fluid star-burst psychedelia into something that sounds more suited to outdoor festivals than stuffed solid mini-venues.
▪ Inspired, she reaches for a Williams Sonoma cookbook in search of ideas for more summery outdoor meals.
▪ Intrigued, the aliens monitored the few lyrics they could hear rising up from this outdoor roller ritual.
▪ Most of the activities are routed through woodland and as some of the pathways can be rough outdoor footwear is recommended.
▪ On warm sunny days, employees can eat in a sheltered outdoor courtyard near an old-fashioned gazebo.
▪ Restaurant patrons fed them scraps from their outdoor tables.
▪ The Form has a bar, sauna and massage rooms, an outdoor swimming pool as well as clock golf and a tennis court.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Outdoor

Outdoor \Out"door`\, a. [For out of door.] Being, or done, in the open air; being or done outside of certain buildings, as poorhouses, hospitals, etc.; as, outdoor exercise; outdoor relief; outdoor patients.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
outdoor

1748, from out + door. Out-of-door is from c.1800.

Wiktionary
outdoor

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

WordNet
outdoor
  1. adj. located, suited for, or taking place in the open air; "outdoor clothes"; "badminton and other outdoor games"; "a beautiful outdoor setting for the wedding" [syn: outdoor(a), out-of-door, outside] [ant: indoor(a)]

  2. pertaining to or concerning the outdoors or outdoor activities; "outdoor education is the area of teacher training concerned with training for outdoor activities"

Wikipedia

Usage examples of "outdoor".

If you have no bodily defects any one of these outdoor sports will probably give your muscles all the exercise needed, but if you are suffering from defects of any kind and you are desirous of remedying them some special exercises adapted to your individual needs should be taken with religious regularity.

The health of the nation, as a whole, has been greatly improved by the automobile through its encouragement of the outdoor life.

But if you can join with your outdoor life some active exercise which will use all the muscles of the body the benefits will be much greater.

Football is perhaps one of the most strenuous of outdoor games, and is to be especially advised where one has the vitality and endurance which fits him for an exercise of this character.

Golf is an example of a milder outdoor pastime that is particularly suited to middle-aged and elderly persons, although young men and women are benefited by it, too.

We are the devitalized product of the universal custom of coddling, and the less we live within four walls, and the more we breathe the free outdoor air, the stronger, healthier and more capable we become.

I cannot, however, place too much emphasis upon the value of outdoor life and general activity and the constitutional benefits that go with them for improving the stomach as well as all other parts of the body.

The Outdoor Girls on Pine Island, by Laura Lee Hope This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.

They traveled along the bank, speaking in a low mellow tone, a language which the Outdoor Girls and the boys had never heard before.

When he had finished the two visitors were almost, if not quite, as excited as the Outdoor Girls and their boy chums had been.

Frank counted, and the Outdoor Girls made a running dive into the water, which was deep at this point, and struck out strongly for the goal.

Excitement had robbed the Outdoor Girls and their boy friends of appetite.

The boys love outdoor life, and are greatly interested in hunting, fishing, and picture taking.

You have proved in the past that you outdoor lassies can do things, and I would not be surprised in the future if you gave further evidence of it.

Ford little realized how soon the time was to come when the outdoor girls were to prove their sterling worth in a peculiar manner.