interior1 nouninterior2 adjective
interiorin‧te‧ri‧or1 /ɪnˈtɪəriə $ -ˈtɪriər/ ●●○ noun 
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- Almost no engine noise enters the car's interior.
- Heat is trapped in the Earth's interior.
- My eyes gradually became accustomed to the gloomy interior of the store.
- the car's leather interior
- Aiming your light down into it, you can see right through the membrane to the cell interior.
- Mantle compositions that could yield both mare basalts and highland rocks are consistent with the constraints on the interior outlined earlier.
- The interior is now artificially lit and the appearance is impressive.
- The interior was cozy but unheated.
- The rest of the interior had been very much altered over the years and little original work of consequence remained visible.
- Worshippers will travel through the interior of the hill for an experience of rebirth out of the Goddess's belly.
Longman Language Activatorthe part of something that is inside► the inside
Collocations: the inside of · All I've seen of Australia is the inside of a hotel room at Sydney airport.· The inside of a camera is painted black to prevent light reflecting onto the film.from the inside · The door had been locked from the inside and the police had to break it down in order to get in.
► interior written the inside of a building or car: · the car's leather interior· My eyes gradually became accustomed to the gloomy interior of the store.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► an interior designer
Phrases (=for the colours, materials etc inside people's homes)· The apartment's previous owners had hired an expensive interior designer.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► design· Herbert Ypma is talking about the merits of minimalism in interior design.
► designer· I recalled that a famous interior designer had been consulted on the layout.· For interior designers, sofas have always been a prime consideration.· She accepted John Saladino as an established and known interior designer.· Dame Sybil Connolly, internationally renowned interior designer, entertains at her private home in Dublin.
► minister· Mr Bossi was reported to have said that a party representative should get the post of interior minister.· The interior minister for Bavaria, Guenther Beckstein, has said that Scientologists are stockpiling large amounts of cyanide and weapons.· Just as strikingly, the interior minister, Sadettin Tantan, has been waging an unprecedented war on corruption.· Joly's investigation has touched the former foreign minister Roland Dumas and, last month, the former interior minister Charles Pasqua.· Mr Courroye's expanding investigation now includes the former interior minister, Charles Pasqua.
► ministry· According to the interior ministry, 16 of the inmates who died burned themselves alive.· The interior ministry has issued guidelines and practical advice.· The journalists mentioned were accused of taking their orders from the interior ministry in Madrid.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► the interior► Minister/Department of the Interior
1[countable usually singular] the inner part or inside of something OPP exterior: - Nearly 100 forest fires continued in the vast interior of Alaska.
- Former officers at the camp were arrested after the revelations and the Deputy Minister of the Interior, Col.-Gen.
- He had accused the Minister of the Interior and police chiefs of taking bribes from drug traffickers.
- The Department of the Interior and many other federal and state natural resource agencies are moving toward this broader approach to conservation.
The interior of the church was dark. the car’s warm interior2the interior the part of a country that is farthest away from the coast: The interior of the country is mainly desert.3Minister/Department of the Interior the government minister or department that deals with matters within a country rather than abroadinterior1 nouninterior2 adjective
interiorinterior2 ●○○ adjective [only before noun] Word OriginWORD ORIGINinterior2
ExamplesOrigin:
1400-1500 French intérieur, from Latin interior, probably from an unrecorded Latin interus ‘on the inside’EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Collocations- As an interior decorator, Paula Curry was a real professional.
- In addition, he thought that the basic decor and interior space needed little change.
- In brick churches the whole construction was of this material, though interior wall facings, capitals and columns were of marble.
- The interior spaces were divided by peristyles bearing classical statuary, while other statues stood in the round-arched window spaces.
- The long, low church is decorated by paintings all over the exterior and interior walls, openings and window frames.
- When my wife and I chose our Peugeot 405 it was for its comfort, performance and interior space.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► an interior designer
inside or indoors OPP exterior: (=for the colours, materials etc inside people's homes)· The apartment's previous owners had hired an expensive interior designer.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► decoration· Certainly we should not see the Minoan frescoes as simple interior decoration.· Dress and interior decoration began to follow Western models.· Moving into the chapel itself, look first at the interior decoration.· As he took her on a guided tour of the eight-bedroomed mansion, the Prince asked her to organize the interior decoration.· Whoever was responsible for the interior decoration of Hummingbird House had subtly co-ordinated paler, more restful shades of sun-gold and sea-blue.· Wilson Decorators survey a house and agree to carry out interior decorations for £800.· Like many bachelors, David hated frittering time away on interior decoration.
► decorator· He could have been put there by the interior decorators.· As an interior decorator, Paula Curry was a real professional.· Artists a category which included interior decorators and lowly house-painters were not concentrated in any particular quarter.· These were not the trappings of some Victorianising interior decorator.· Interested firms of interior decorators have been tendering for the work of which Mrs Lamont is expected to take charge.
► design· She read interior design magazines, browsed for hours in department stores comparing the textures and colours of fabrics.· Full interior design service or design advice by the hour.· Her background is interior design, and she works as a designer at a furniture store.· Each phase is the outcome of the one before, whilst bearing the chronic imprint of an interior design.· It was a smartly restored pub which lovingly recreated the interior design of its psychopathic creator a hundred years ago.· This special feature tells you how to succeed with interior design.· Full interior design service available as well as friendly practical advice on curtains, upholstery and colour schemes.
► designer· He wondered if he'd have made a good interior designer.· Eighty interior designers had gathered to hear her at the Washington Design Center.· Add a border or binding down the leading and bottom edges of curtains for a real interior designer touch.· Both tap the opinions of fashion and interior designers and make predictions several years before the colors hit the market.· The previous owners, one an interior designer, had renovated the whole place very much to Sue and Reg's taste.· Few carpet companies exhibit, making it an even more exclusive event for Stoddard Mercia amongst Britain's leading interior designers.· Happy to co-ordinate with interior designers, architects or contractors.
► space· When my wife and I chose our Peugeot 405 it was for its comfort, performance and interior space.· Her latest collection, Domestica, explores interior spaces and objects with an iconic touch.· With a length of 163.2ins, width of 64.8ins and height of 50.9ins, interior space is inevitably snug.· In addition, he thought that the basic decor and interior space needed little change.· The interior spaces were divided by peristyles bearing classical statuary, while other statues stood in the round-arched window spaces.· Inside, the great piers curve up the interior space and emphasise the verticality of the design.
► wall· The long, low church is decorated by paintings all over the exterior and interior walls, openings and window frames.· In brick churches the whole construction was of this material, though interior wall facings, capitals and columns were of marble.· It faintly illuminated the interior wall paintings that surrounded them.· The interior walls are also of plain brick with stone arches and columns and particularly fine late Gothic traceried windows.· The interior walls are entirely fresco covered.· All the interior walls were of matchboard and both first floor rooms had sizeable under-stairs cupboards.
The interior walls are all painted white.