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   interior

   /ɪnˈtɪərɪə/

   adjective

   • 1. situated on or relating to the inside of something; inner: "the interior lighting is not adequate" Similar insideinnerinternalintramuralon the insideOpposite exterior
   • ▪ situated further in or within: technical "the layer immediately interior to the epidermis"
   • ▪ (in filming) indoor: "interior scenes"
   • 2. remote from the coast or frontier; inland: "the interior jungle regions" Similar inlandinshoreupcountrynon-coastalinnerinnermostcentralremotewildOpposite outer
   • 3. relating to a country's internal affairs: "the interior minister" Similar internalhomedomesticnationalstatecivillocalOpposite foreign
   • 4. existing or taking place in the mind or soul; mental: "an interior monologue" Similar innerspiritualmentalpsychologicalemotionalprivatepersonalintimatesecrethiddeninstinctiveintuitiveimpulsiveinvoluntaryspontaneousinformal:gut

   noun

   • 1. the inner part of something; the inside: "the interior has been much restored" Similar insideinner partinner areadepthsrecessesbowelsbellycentremiddlenucleuscoreheartinformal:innardsOpposite exterioroutside
   • ▪ an artistic representation of the inside of a building or room: "a few still lifes, interiors, and landscapes"
   • 2. the inland part of a country or region: "the plains of the interior" Similar centreheartlandhinterlandwildernesswildsbushOpposite borderland
   • 3. the internal affairs of a country: "the Minister of the Interior"

   Word Origin late 15th century: from Latin, ‘inner’, comparative adjective from inter ‘within’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. interiorly adverb

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