indoor-outdoor

American  

[in-dawr-out-dawr, in-dohr-out-dohr] / ˈɪnˌdɔrˈaʊtˌdɔr, ˈɪnˌdoʊrˈaʊtˌdoʊr /

adjective

1. designed or constructed to be used either indoors or outdoors.

   indoor-outdoor carpeting.

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Example Sentences

The suite is a “private retreat with a sitting area and direct access to the outdoors, offering a true indoor-outdoor experience,” according to the listing.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 4, 2026

However, she did reveal that the main home boasts four bedrooms, including a primary suite with an indoor-outdoor shower and glass doors that open up to the harbor.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 17, 2025

“For me, the house was really about opening up specific views and moments to create a series of indoor-outdoor rooms,” Peterson says.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2025

The club’s indoor-outdoor restaurant looks out onto the sand, the surf and, on the two occasions I visited, the occasional sailboat.

From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2024

My nose tickled from the dust in the sleeping bag, and the basement floor—which was poured concrete beneath a thin, comfortless layer of indoor-outdoor carpeting—made my bones ache whichever way I turned.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt