EGAVE

outer

About 22.65 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Outside; external.
  2. adjective Farther from the centre of the inside.
  3. noun An outer part.
  4. noun An uncovered section of the seating at a stadium or sportsground.
  5. noun The fourth circle on a target, outside the inner and magpie.
  6. noun A shot which strikes the outer of a target.
  7. noun The smallest single unit sold by wholesalers to retailers, usually one retail display box.
    We ordered two cartons with twelve outers in each.
  8. noun Someone who admits to something publicly.

Similar words

outward outermost outside out outmost satellite external externally exterior outwards

Often followed by

space world surface edge layer wall and side membrane walls

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