interiornoun
uk/ɪnˈtɪə.ri.ər/us/ɪnˈtɪr.i.ɚ/B2 [ C ] the inside part of something:
The estate agent had pictures of the house from the outside but none of its interior.
The car's interior is very impressive - wonderful leather seats and a wooden dashboard.
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exterior adjective
[ S ] the land that is furthest away from the outside or coast of a country or continent:
the African interior
the interior
in some countries, the government department that deals with subjects and events that are important in the country itself instead of events in other countries:
the Ministry of the Interior
officials of the US Interior Department
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- The interior is spare, almost minimalist.
- The church has an ornate black and white marbled interior.
- The interior was extensively damaged in the fire.
- Grassland covers almost all of the country's interior.
- Cattle ranches occupy most of the country's interior.
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Centres of objects
- bowel
- center
- center of gravity
- central
- centrality
- centrally
- centre
- centre of gravity
- core
- hub
- inner ring
- innermost
- inside
- median
- mid
- middle
- midpoint
- midway
- off-centre
- the bowels of sth idiom
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interioradjective [ before noun ]
uk/ɪnˈtɪə.ri.ər/us/ɪnˈtɪr.i.ɚ/inside:
The interior walls have patches of damp on them.
The paintwork on the interior doors (= those not in the outside wall of a building) is in good condition.
relating to the government department in some countries that deals with subjects and events that are important in that country instead of events in other countries:
France's interior minister
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- The interior walls are painted white.
- The interior walls of the house are thinner than the heavy exterior walls.
- The interior angles of a square are right angles or angles of 90 degrees.
- Virginia Woolf experimented with interior narration.
- The original interior doors have been replaced.
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In & at
- at
- depth
- en-
- endogenous
- from within idiom
- in the depth(s) of somewhere idiom
- in-house
- indoor
- indoors
- inner
- inner circle
- innermost
- inside
- intra-
- inward
- midst
- there
- therein
- track
- wherein
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