interior
adjective
1. situated within or suitable for inside a building
- an interior scene
- interior decoration
- an interior bathroom without windows
Similar word(s): indoor, inside, indoor
2. inside the country
- the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior
- the nation's internal politics
Similar word(s): domestic, home, internal, national
3. located inward
- 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
Similar word(s): inward, inner, internal
4. inside and toward a center
- interior regions of the earth
Similar word(s): internal
5. of or coming from the middle of a region or country
Similar word(s): inland, midland, upcountry
Sentences with interior as an adjective:
- the interior apartments of a house; the interior surface of a hollow ball
- the interior parts of a region or country
noun
1. the region that is inside of something
Similar word(s): inside
Definition categories: location, part, region
2. the inner or enclosed surface of something
Similar word(s): inside
Definition categories: location, surface
3. the United States federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources; created in 1849
Definition categories: group
Sentences with interior as a noun:
- Sir Richard Burton explored far into the African interior.