interior

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   inside and toward a center

   interior regions of the earth

2. 2
   adj

   situated within or suitable for inside a building

   an interior scene

3. 3
   adj

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

   the interior apartments of a house; the interior surface of a hollow ball

4. 4
   adj

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

   the interior parts of a region or country

5. 5
   noun

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

   The gardens are just divine, but the interior of the house are even more splendid.

6. 6
   noun

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

   Near-synonyms: backcountry, upcountry, hinterland

7. 7
   adj

   of or coming from the middle of a region or country

8. 8
   adj

   located inward

Etymology

From Latin interior (“inner, interior”).