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# indoor

«indoor» in Mova's school dictionary: **happening, used or found inside a building, not outside** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (indoor)

### meaning for a pupil

Indoor means happening, used or found inside a building, not outside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indoor/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, indoor games, indoor plants, indoor pools and indoor sports are used when it is cold or raining. In safety, indoor air can contain fumes, so rooms need fresh air; indoor play rules keep classrooms safe. Opposite: outdoor. Phrases: indoor games, indoor play, an indoor pool, indoor plants, indoor shoes.

### examples

- We had indoor play because it was raining. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indoor/#x1)
- The school has an indoor swimming pool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indoor/#x2)
- Mum keeps indoor plants on the windowsill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indoor/#x3)
- Indoor football is played on a smaller pitch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indoor/#x4)
- Bring your indoor shoes for the gym. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indoor/#x5)
- Cats that live indoors are called indoor cats. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indoor/#x6)
- He had once been an indoor dog, and lay by the fire, and he had been hoarse ever since. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indoor/#x7)

### note

Indoor is an adjective that goes before a noun: «an indoor pool». The adverb is «indoors» (with s): «we played indoors». Same with outdoor/outdoors. Do not write «we stayed indoor».

### In the corpora

- [Christmas and fairy lights are checked for damage, switched off at night, and indoor lights are never used outdoors.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/16-electricity-dangers/20/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «indoor» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indoor/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.