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interior
[ in-teer-ee-er ]
adjective
- being within; inside of anything; internal; inner; further toward a center:
the interior rooms of a house.
Antonyms: exterior
- of or relating to that which is within; inside:
an interior view.
- situated well inland from the coast or border:
the interior towns of a country.
- of or relating to the inland.
- domestic:
interior trade.
- private or hidden; inner:
interior negotiations of the council.
- pertaining to the mind or soul; mental or spiritual:
the interior life.
noun
- the internal or inner part; inside.
Antonyms: exterior
- Architecture.
- the inside part of a building, considered as a whole from the point of view of artistic design or general effect, convenience, etc.
- a single room or apartment so considered.
- a pictorial representation of the inside of a room.
- the inland parts of a region, country, etc.:
the Alaskan interior.
- the domestic affairs of a country as distinguished from its foreign affairs:
the Department of the Interior.
- the inner or inward nature or character of anything.
- Mathematics. the largest open set contained in a given set, as the points in a circle not including the boundary.
Interior
1/ ɪnˈtɪərɪə /
noun
- the Interiorin titles the domestic or internal affairs of any of certain countries
Department of the Interior
interior
2/ ɪnˈtɪərɪə /
noun
- a part, surface, or region that is inside or on the inside
the interior of Africa
- inner character or nature
- a film or scene shot inside a building, studio, etc
- a picture of the inside of a room or building, as in a painting or stage design
- the inside of a building or room, with respect to design and decoration
adjective
- of, situated on, or suitable for the inside; inner
- coming or acting from within; internal
- of or involving a nation's domestic affairs; internal
- (esp of one's spiritual or mental life) secret or private; not observable
Derived Forms
- inˈteriorly, adverb
Other Words From
- in·te·ri·or·i·ty [in-teer-ee-, awr, -i-tee, -, or, -], noun
- in·teri·or·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of interior1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The exterior duvet is machine washable, but you’ll want to hand-wash the interior blanket.
Images of the shell’s interior revealed two holes that had been chipped into spiral layers just beneath the opening, likely to hold the mouthpiece in place.
The interior is lined with fleece that contains heat coils that can stay active for up to five hours.
As mentioned earlier, toaster ovens reach high temps through high wattage, but this process takes further delicate engineering and is facilitated by using multiple heating elements and placing them in specific areas of the oven’s interior.
These hues, often rich and dark, evoke shadowy interiors and midnight skies.
The interior video shows the gunman firing the shot through the window.
One of its top officials is the current minister of the interior in Baghad.
Justin gazed out from the dim interior as more than 300 police motorcycles from dozens of jurisdictions rumbled past.
Isaacs recently returned from the New Mexico desert after shooting interior scenes for a new TV mini-series called Dig.
“We know the outbreak is still flaming strongly in western Sierra Leone and some parts of the interior of Guinea,” said Nabarro.
A reproduction of Mrs. Charmington herself decorated the interior of the omnibuses.
I don't know much about the interior arrangements of Kullak's conservatory, because I only went to his own class.
The contrast between the open street and the enclosed stuffiness of the dim and crowded interior was overwhelming.
The intensity of this drama, however, being interior, caused little outward disturbance that casual onlookers need have noticed.
We give an engraving of a kind of pipe used by the natives of interior Africa.
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