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interior

/ɪnˈtɪ.ɹi.ɚ/
adjectivenoun

Within any limits, enclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Adjective 2 meanings

  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”

Noun 3 meanings

  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”

  3. The set of all interior points of a set.

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Latin interior (“inner, interior”).

Similar and opposite words

Similar
backcountryupcountryhinterland
Opposite
exterior

INTERIOR at a glance

INTERIOR has 8 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (I 1 + N 1 + T 1 + E 1 + R 1 + I 1 + O 1 + R 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,678 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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