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Definition of indoors adverb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

indoors

adverb
 
/ˌɪnˈdɔːz/
 
/ˌɪnˈdɔːrz/
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  1. inside or into a building
    • I prefer to stay indoors in this really hot weather.
    • Let's go indoors.
    • I was indoors watching TV when I heard shouting in the street.
    • Many herbs can be grown indoors.
    • She added that in Hong Kong most cats were kept indoors.
    opposite outdoorsTopics Buildingsb1, Houses and homesb1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryIndoors is used with these verbs:
    • stay
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    Word Originlate 18th cent. (superseding earlier within doors): from indoor.
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