interior

noun

The inside of a building, container, cavern, or other enclosed structure.

The inside regions of a country, distanced from the borders or coasts.

(mathematics, topology) The set of all interior points of a set.

(with the) A region of British Columbia, Canada.

A town and village in South Dakota, United States.

adjective

Within any limits, enclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner.

Remote from the limits, frontier, or shore; inland.

Roots

interinter- · Latin · between, within

Synonyms for interior

insiden inneradj internaladj exterioradj innermostadj inwardadv indooradj withinadv

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