interior

adjective

• 1situated on or relating to the inside of something; inner:the interior lighting is not adequate
• (interior to) chiefly technical situated further in or within:the layer immediately interior to the epidermis
• (in filming) indoor:interior scenes

• 2 [attributive] remote from the coast or frontier; inland:the interior jungle regions

• 3relating to a country’s internal affairs:the interior minister

• 4existing or taking place in the mind or soul; mental:an interior monologue

noun

• 1the inner part of something; the inside:the interior has been much restored
• an artistic representation of the inside of a building or room:a few still lifes, interiors, and landscapes

• 2 (the interior) the inland part of a country or region:the plains of the interior

• 3 (the interior) the internal affairs of a country:the Minister of the Interior