interior (adj.)

  1. situated within or suitable for inside a building; an interior scene; interior decoration; an interior bathroom without windows'

    interior (n.)

  1. the region that is inside of something

    [ Syn: inside ]

  2. the inner or enclosed surface of something

    [ Syn: inside ]

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

    [ Syn: department of the interior , interior department , interior , doi ]

    interior (adj.)

  1. inside the country; the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior; the nations internal politics

    [ Syn: home , internal , national ]

  2. located inward; Beethovens manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle- Leonard Bernstein; she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it- David Denby; an internal sense of rightousness- A.R.Gurney, Jr.

    [ Syn: inner , internal ]

  3. inside and toward a center; interior regions of the earth'

  4. of or coming from the middle of a region or country; upcountry districts

    [ Syn: midland , upcountry ]

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