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Definition of interior adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

interior

adjective
 
 
/ɪnˈtɪəriə(r)/
 
/ɪnˈtɪriər/
[only before noun]
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  1.  
    connected with the inside part of something
    • interior walls
    opposite exteriorTopics Houses and homesc1, Buildingsc1
  2. connected with the central part of a country or continent that is a long way from the coast
    • the interior jungle regions
  3. connected with a country's own affairs rather than those that involve other countries
    • the interior minister
    4. Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Latin, ‘inner’, comparative adjective from inter ‘within’.
See interior in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee interior in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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