"interior" in the noun sense

1. inside, interior

the region that is inside of something

2. inside, interior

the inner or enclosed surface of something

3. Department of the Interior, Interior Department, Interior, DoI

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

"interior" in the adjective sense

1. interior

situated within or suitable for inside a building

"an interior scene"

"interior decoration"

"an interior bathroom without windows"

2. home, interior, internal, national

inside the country

"the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"

"the nation's internal politics"

3. inner, interior, internal

located inward

"Beethoven's 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.

4. interior

inside and toward a center

"interior regions of the earth"

5. interior, midland, upcountry

of or coming from the middle of a region or country

"upcountry districts"

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