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# interior

«interior» in Mova's school dictionary: **the inside of something, like a building, car or box** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (the interior, interiors); adjective (interior)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The interior is the inside of something, like a building, car or box. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interior/#m1)

2) The interior of a country or continent is the part far from the coast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interior/#m2)

3) Interior describes things on the inside: interior walls, interior design. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interior/#m3)

4) (maths) An interior angle is an angle inside a shape at one of its corners. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interior/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In geometry: interior angles of a triangle add up to 180 degrees; of a square, 360 degrees. In geography: the dry interior of Australia. In everyday life: interior design, interior of a car. Phrases: interior angle, interior design, the interior of.

### examples

- The interior of the castle was cold and dark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interior/#x1)
- The car has a leather interior. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interior/#x2)
- Few people live in the interior of Australia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interior/#x3)
- The interior angles of a triangle add up to 180 degrees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interior/#x4)
- She works as an interior designer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interior/#x5)
- Paint the interior walls white. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interior/#x6)
- "Sancta Maria!" resounded from the interior. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interior/#x7)

### note

Opposite: exterior (outside). Countable noun. In maths: interior angles of a triangle sum to 180°, of any four-sided shape to 360°; for a shape with n sides the sum is (n − 2) × 180°.

### Trees and pragmatics

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