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English adjective: interior

1. interior situated within or suitable for inside a building


SamplesAn interior scene.
Interior decoration.
An interior bathroom without windows.


Similarindoor, inside


See alsoindoor


Attributeposition, spatial relation


Antonymsexterior

2. interior inside the country


SamplesThe British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior.
The nation's internal politics.


Synonymshome, internal, national


Similardomestic


Antonymsforeign

3. interior located inward


SamplesBeethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle.
She thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it.
An internal sense of rightousness.


Synonymsinner, internal


Similarinward


Antonymsoutward

4. interior inside and toward a center


SamplesInterior regions of the earth.


Similarinternal


Antonymsexternal

5. interior of or coming from the middle of a region or country


SamplesUpcountry districts.


Synonymsmidland, upcountry


Similarinland


Antonymscoastal


English noun: interior

1. interior (location) the region that is inside of something


Synonymsinside


Broader (hypernym)part, region


Narrower (hyponym)midland, midst, penetralia, thick


Antonymsexterior, outside

2. interior (location) the inner or enclosed surface of something


Synonymsinside


Broader (hypernym)surface


Narrower (hyponym)belly


Antonymsexterior, outside

3. Interior (group) the United States federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources; created in 1849


SynonymsDepartment of the Interior, DoI, Interior Department


Broader (hypernym)executive department


Part holonymFWS, National Park Service, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service









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