interior
adjectivenouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ɪnˈtɪə.ɹɪ.ə//
- United States//ɪnˈtɪ.ɹi.ɚ//
Within any limits, enclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner.
adjective
- 1
Within any limits, enclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner.
the interior apartments of a house; the interior surface of a hollow ball
- 2
Remote from the limits, frontier, or shore; inland.
the interior parts of a region or country
Etymology
From Latin interior (“inner, interior”).
noun
- 1
The inside of a building, container, cavern, or other enclosed structure.
The gardens are just divine, but the interior of the house are even more splendid.
- 2
The inside regions of a country, continent, etc., distanced from the borders or coasts.
Near-synonyms: backcountry, upcountry, hinterland
Sir Richard Burton explored far into the African interior.
Nearly 44 percent of all cargo involves the Soviet Union; 10 percent is transit goods for the landlocked European interior—Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Austria.
- 3
The set of all interior points of a set.
Forms
- plural
- interiors
interior · Within any limits, enclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner.
Interior · A town and village in South Dakota, United States.intern · A person who is interned, forcibly or voluntarily.internal · Of or situated on the inside.