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▪ Free from outdated rules regarding outdoor clothing and morals, the Lawrences certainly had a more lively manner.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.