[in-teer-ee-er] 
| 1. | being within; inside of anything; internal; inner; further toward a center: the interior rooms of a house. |
| 2. | of or pertaining to that which is within; inside: an interior view. |
| 3. | situated well inland from the coast or border: the interior towns of a country. |
| 4. | of or pertaining to the inland. |
| 5. | domestic: interior trade. |
| 6. | private or hidden; inner: interior negotiations of the council. |
| 7. | pertaining to the mind or soul; mental or spiritual: the interior life. |
| 8. | the internal or inner part; inside. |
| 9. | Architecture.
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| 10. | a pictorial representation of the inside of a room. |
| 11. | the inland parts of a region, country, etc.: the Alaskan interior. |
| 12. | the domestic affairs of a country as distinguished from its foreign affairs: the Department of the Interior. |
| 13. | the inner or inward nature or character of anything. |
| 14. | Mathematics. the largest open set contained in a given set, as the points in a circle not including the boundary. |
| in·te·ri·or (ĭn-tîr'ē-ər) adj.
[Ultimately Latin, comparative adj. of inter, between; see en in Indo-European roots.] in·te'ri·or'i·ty (-ôr'ĭ-tē, -ŏr'-) n., in·te'ri·or·ly adv. |
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