interior
Noun · AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Noun (3)
- the region that is inside of somethingSynonyms: inside
- the inner or enclosed surface of somethingSynonyms: inside
- the United States federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources; created in 1849Synonyms: Department of the InteriorInterior DepartmentInteriorDoI
Adjective (5)
- situated within or suitable for inside a building“an interior scene”“interior decoration”“an interior bathroom without windows”
- inside the country“the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior”“the nation's internal politics”Synonyms: home(a)interior(a)internalnational
- 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.”Synonyms: innerinternal
- inside and toward a center“interior regions of the earth”
- of or coming from the middle of a region or country“upcountry districts”Synonyms: midlandupcountry
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
1.That which is within; the internal or inner part of a thing; the inside. [1913 Webster]
2.The inland part of a country, state, or kingdom. [1913 Webster]
Department of the Interior, that department of the government of the United States which has charge of pensions, patents, public lands and surveys, the Indians, education, etc.; that department of the government of a country which is specially charged with the internal affairs of that country; the home department.
Secretary of the Interior, the cabinet officer who, in the United States, is at the head of the Department of the Interior. [1913 Webster]
1.Being within any limits, inclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner; -- opposed to exterior, or superficial; as, the interior apartments of a house; the interior surface of a hollow ball. [1913 Webster]
2.Remote from the limits, frontier, or shore; inland; as, the interior parts of a region or country. [1913 Webster]
Interior angle (Geom.), an angle formed between two sides, within any rectilinear figure, as a polygon, or between two parallel lines by these lines and another intersecting them; -- called also internal angle.
Interior planets (Astron.), those planets within the orbit of the earth.
Interior screw, a screw cut on an interior surface, as in a nut; a female screw.
Syn: Internal; inside; inner; inland; inward. [1913 Webster]