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# indoors

«indoors» in Mova's school dictionary: **inside a building, not outside** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (indoors); adjective indoor (an indoor pool)

### meaning for a pupil

Indoors means inside a building, not outside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indoors/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life you go indoors when it rains or when it gets dark; there are indoor games for rainy days. In safety lessons: in a thunderstorm go indoors; keep pets indoors during fireworks; on very hot days or when the air is smoky stay indoors; never use a barbecue indoors because of poisonous gas. In health lessons children need time outdoors as well as indoors. Phrases: go indoors, stay indoors, keep indoors, indoor games.

### examples

- It's raining, so let's play indoors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indoors/#x1)
- Go indoors if you hear thunder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indoors/#x2)
- Keep the cat indoors on Bonfire Night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indoors/#x3)
- We had PE indoors because the field was wet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indoors/#x4)
- Never light a barbecue indoors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indoors/#x5)
- My grandma's tomatoes grow indoors in winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indoors/#x6)
- We spent too long indoors; let's go to the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indoors/#x7)
- The swimming pool is indoors, so we can swim all year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indoors/#x8)
- Whereupon he went off indoors, whistling cheerfully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indoors/#x9)

### note

«Indoors» is an adverb (go indoors, stay indoors); «indoor» is the adjective before a noun (an indoor pool). Opposite: outdoors, outdoor. «Inside» is also common: «go inside».

### In the corpora

- [A cut horse chestnut twig kept in water indoors opens its buds early.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/333-the-garden-in-spring-buds-frogspawn-queen-bumblebees-and-nesting-birds/5/)
- [Burning charcoal gives off carbon monoxide, an invisible poisonous gas, so barbecues must never be brought indoors or into a tent.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/11-the-candle-and-burning/16/)
- ["Made a mess" means a pet went to the toilet indoors.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/18-pets-and-money/8/)
- [Today experts say even more simply: when thunder roars, go indoors.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/15-weather-signs/4/)
- [In a hurricane you stay indoors away from windows, or leave the area if officials tell you to.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/48-weather-emergencies/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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