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outswing

outswing

5.5
A door or window that opens outward from a room
  • adjective
  • /ˈaʊtˌswɪŋ/
  • US
: abierto hacia afuera
  • Choosing an outswing patio door makes it easier to access the garden without sacrificing indoor space.

Examples

  • The new design features an outswing door that maximizes space inside the hallway.

  • For better ventilation, we installed outswing windows that allow the fresh air to flow in.

  • The first five minutes of technical instruction was also shown to this group, but the remaining five minutes involved studying an outswing bowling script and listening to an audio cassette of the same elite bowler explaining the kinesthetic experiences of bowling a "Perfect Outswinger."

    Academic text (1994)

Surface Forms

outswing positive

Morphology

outswing = swing (transparent) = out + swing

Meaning is directly built from 'out' + 'swing' (swinging outward), which a learner who knows the components can readily infer.

Etymology

The word outswing comes from the parts out ('away') and swing ('to move like a door or a child on a swing'). So an outswing door or window opens by moving 'away' from the room.