1. (

• inside ,
• interior ,

) the region that is inside of something ;

2. (

• inside ,
• interior

) the inner or enclosed surface of something ;

3. (

• Department_of_the_Interior ,
• Interior_Department ,
• Interior ,
• DoI

) the United States federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources; created in 1849 ;

1. (

• interior

) situated within or suitable for inside a building; "an interior scene"; "interior decoration"; "an interior bathroom without windows" ;

2. (

• home ,
• interior ,
• internal ,
• national

) inside the country; "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"; "the nation's internal politics" ;

3. (

• inner ,
• interior ,
• internal

) located inward; "Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle"- Leonard Bernstein; "she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it"- David Denby; "an internal sense of rightousness"- A.R.Gurney,Jr. ;

4. (

• interior

) inside and toward a center; "interior regions of the earth" ;

5. (

• interior ,
• midland ,
• upcountry

) of or coming from the middle of a region or country; "upcountry districts" ;