interior decoration
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- noun
- /ɪnˈtɪriər ˌdɛkəˈreɪʃən/
- The building's scale would be unprecedented, and its interior decoration lavish and costly.
Examples
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When you work on an interior decoration task, you may want to take tons of images, have them organized, and straightforward to go through.
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Well, are you interested in interior decoration?
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While you may have identified the best interior decoration for your living room, try switching factors up.
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If you seem to be a natural at interior decoration, why not become an interior designer?
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Evgie and Ev are real gals with passion and expertise in digital illustration and interior decoration.
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A door, closed, in the back wall directly behind the constable's desk, was the only break in the whitewashed monotony of the room's interior decoration.
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But there are oodles of examples of studios with much more appealing base design and layout, which lends to more appealing interior decoration.
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She hired a professional for her home's interior decoration to create a cozy and stylish atmosphere.
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The interior decoration of the office was designed to be modern and inviting, encouraging productivity.
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He took a course in interior decoration to learn how to choose the right colors and furnishings for a room.
Synonyms
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The style and furniture inside a room or building that create its overall look
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Planning and decorating the inside of a home or office to make it look nice and work well
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Making something look more attractive by adding things like lights or ornaments
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Details added to make something look more beautiful
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Decorating the inside of a building with paint, cloth, and furniture
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Morphology
The meaning 'the art or process of decorating the inside of a building' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'interior' (inside) with 'decoration' (the activity of decorating). This simple noun+noun composition follows standard compositional patterns and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Interior decoration comes from the words interior (meaning 'inside') and decoration (meaning 'things that make a space look nice'). It refers to people adding color, furniture, and decorations to the inside of a room, so it means 'designing and arranging the inside of a building or room'.