Main entry: Interior, Interior Department, DoI, Department of the Interior
Definition: the United States federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources; created in 1849
Definition: the inner or enclosed surface of something
Definition: the region that is inside of something
Main entry: interior, midland, upcountry
Definition: of or coming from the middle of a region or country
Usage: upcountry districts
Main entry: interior
Definition: inside and toward a center
Usage: interior regions of the earth
Main entry: inner, interior, internal
Definition: located inward
Usage: 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.
Main entry: interior
Definition: situated within or suitable for inside a building
Usage: an interior scene; interior decoration; an interior bathroom without windows
Main entry: interior, internal, home, national
Definition: inside the country
Usage: the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior; the nation's internal politics