Interior

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪəriÉ™(r)

Alternative forms

• interiour obsolete

Origin

From Latin interior ("inner, interior").

Full definition of interior

Adjective

1. Within any limits, enclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner.the interior apartments of a house; the interior surface of a hollow ball
2. Remote from the limits, frontier, or shore; inland.the interior parts of a region or country

Derived terms

• interior decoration
• interior design
• interior designer

Noun

1. The inside of a building, container, cavern, or other enclosed structure.
2. The inside regions of a country, distanced from the borders or coasts.''Sir Richard Burton explored far into the African interior.
3. (mathematics, topology) The set of all interior points of a set.