interior
Americanadjective
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being within; inside of anything; internal; inner; further toward a center.
the interior rooms of a house.
- Antonyms:
- exterior
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of or relating to that which is within; inside.
an interior view.
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situated well inland from the coast or border.
the interior towns of a country.
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of or relating to the inland.
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domestic.
interior trade.
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private or hidden; inner.
interior negotiations of the council.
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pertaining to the mind or soul; mental or spiritual.
the interior life.
noun
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the internal or inner part; inside.
- Antonyms:
- exterior
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Architecture.
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the inside part of a building, considered as a whole from the point of view of artistic design or general effect, convenience, etc.
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a single room or apartment so considered.
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a pictorial representation of the inside of a room.
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the inland parts of a region, country, etc..
the Alaskan interior.
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the domestic affairs of a country as distinguished from its foreign affairs.
the Department of the Interior.
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the inner or inward nature or character of anything.
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Mathematics. the largest open set contained in a given set, as the points in a circle not including the boundary.
noun
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a part, surface, or region that is inside or on the inside
the interior of Africa
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inner character or nature
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a film or scene shot inside a building, studio, etc
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a picture of the inside of a room or building, as in a painting or stage design
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the inside of a building or room, with respect to design and decoration
adjective
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of, situated on, or suitable for the inside; inner
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coming or acting from within; internal
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of or involving a nation's domestic affairs; internal
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(esp of one's spiritual or mental life) secret or private; not observable
noun
Related Words
See inside.
Other Word Forms
- interiority noun
- interiorly adverb
Etymology
Origin of interior
First recorded in 1480–90; from Latin, comparative adjective equivalent to inter- “inward” + -ior comparative suffix; exterior
Example Sentences
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Some of these frozen worlds, including Saturn's moon Enceladus, are believed to contain vast oceans of liquid water trapped between their icy crust and rocky interiors.
From Science Daily
"Instead, they may have accreted, or accumulated, a significant inventory of COMs at birth, providing a chemical foundation that could later interact with the liquid water in their interiors."
From Science Daily
In Bahrain, the interior ministry said the airport was damaged after being targeted by a drone.
From BBC
Because microtubules can influence how stiff the cytoplasm is, the researchers asked whether asters might help anchor the actin band by stiffening the cell interior.
From Science Daily
The interior ministry said earlier that the speedboat had entered its territorial waters and was "one nautical mile off Cayo Falcones" on the country's northern coast when it was intercepted.
From BBC
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