outdoor
Americanadjective
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Also characteristic of, located, occurring, or belonging outdoors.
an outdoor barbecue; outdoor sports.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of outdoor
Example Sentences
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That’s partly because heat pumps work by extracting heat from outdoor air, compressing it and piping it indoors, a thermal magic trick that’s harder to perform in places with subzero winters.
From Los Angeles Times
He suggested many patrollers earn their main income through offseason jobs like construction or outdoor guiding.
Those seasonal tuneups start with simple tasks like changing filters, inspecting refrigerant levels and keeping outdoor components clean, according to the experts at Constellation.
From MarketWatch
In 2015, he and his partners opened an outdoor party space they called the Brooklyn Mirage in a lot next to a defunct warehouse in Williamsburg.
Previous marketing has included outdoor displays mocking the web’s “I’m not a robot” captcha tests and a campaign lauding humanity’s advances like the invention of the airplane.
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