OUTER

outer

Noun

  1. An outer part.
  2. The part of a target which is beyond the circles surrounding the bullseye.
  3. A shot which strikes the outer of a target.
  4. (wholesale trade) the smallest single unit normally sold to retailers, usually equal to one retail display box.
    We ordered two cartons with twelve outers in each.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. Someone who admits to something publicly.
  2. Someone who outs another.
  3. One who puts out, ousts, or expels.
  4. An ouster; dispossession.

Adjective

  1. Outside; external.
  2. Farther from the centre of the inside.


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