outside

Definition

The part of something that faces out; the outer surface.

Etymology

From out + side.

Example Sentences

• "He's repainting the outside of his house."
• "Silenes of old swere little boxes, like those we now may see in the shops of apothecaries, painted on the outside with wanton toyish figures, as harpies, satyrs, bridled geese, horned hares, saddled ducks, flying goats, thiller harts, and other such-like counterfeited pictures at discretion, ..."
• "The outside of the building gives no valuable clew."