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19 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. outer
  2. outer bar
  3. outer closure
  4. outer-directed
  5. outer-direction
  6. outer ear
  7. outer form
  8. outer man
  9. outer planet
  10. outer space
  11. outer table
  12. Outer Banks
  13. Outer Hebrides
  14. Outer Mongolia
  15. out-and-outer
  16. all-outer
  17. come-outer
  18. down-and-out
  19. Mongolia

out·er

adjective \ˈau̇-tər\

Definition of OUTER

1
: existing independent of mind : objective
2
a : situated farther out <the outer limits>
b : being away from a center
c : situated or belonging on the outside
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Examples of OUTER

  1. the outer edges of the roof
  2. The package's outer covering was damaged.
  3. I removed the outer skin of the onion.
  4. Her inner turmoil was masked by an outer calm.

Origin of OUTER

Middle English, from 4out + 1-er
First Known Use: 13th century

Related to OUTER

Synonyms
exterior, external, outside, outward
Antonyms
inner, inside, interior, internal, inward

Rhymes with OUTER

doubter, flouter, grouter, pouter, router, scouter, shouter, spouter, touter

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