Interior

Examples

• All

• We don't know exactly what the questioning of the Minister of the Interior is going to bring out.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior, constantly copes with lawsuits claiming that current restrictions are unreasonably harsh.

  Academic text (1999)

• And then the Minister of the Interior announced the success of the project.

• You just heard the Minister of the Interior...

  The Nile Hilton Incident (2017)

• The Secretary of the Interior.

  Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)

• We're from the Ministry of the Interior.

  Wasp Network (2020)

• The Department of the Interior agreed to consider the land contiguous and place it in trust.

  Academic text (2017)

• The Minister of Interior.

  Ilsa, the Tigress of Siberia (1977)

• In the ensuing confusion, however, the Department of the Interior invalidated the election because of insufficient voter participation.

  Academic text (1999)

• The Secretary of the Interior oversees policies related to public lands and natural resources in the U.S.

Synonyms

I

Interior Department

vsInterior

• US

8 3.8

A United States government department that protects and manages national parks and public lands

is the single-word or abbreviated form often used in headlines

D

Department of the Interior

vsInterior

• Formal

8 4.2

A United States government department that manages national parks and public lands

is a shorter or informal label used without the full department name

D

DoI

vsInterior

• Formal

2 8.1

United States government department that manages national parks and public lands

is the full name written as one word rather than an abbreviation

Compounds

I

interior designer

17 3.3

A person who plans and decorates the inside of buildings

I

interior design

12 3.2

Planning and decorating the inside of a home or office to make it look nice and work well

I

interior decorator

9 3.4

A person who plans and chooses the colors, furniture, and fabrics for the inside of a home or office

I

Interior Department

• US

8 3.8

A United States government department that protects and manages national parks and public lands

D

Department of the Interior

• Formal

8 4.2

A United States government department that manages national parks and public lands

S

Secretary of the Interior

• Formal

8 6.1

A government official in the US who leads the Department of the Interior and manages public lands and natural resources

I

Interior Secretary

• Formal

7 5.1

A US government official who manages and protects federal lands and resources

I

interior decorating

2 3.4

Decorating the inside of a building with paint, cloth, and furniture

I

interior decoration

1 3.6

The art of choosing colors, furniture, and materials for the inside of a building

I

interior door

1 1.1

A door that separates rooms inside a building

I

interior monologue

• Literature

1 8.2

A way a writer shows a character's private thoughts as they happen

I

interior angle

• Specialized

1 3.9

The space inside a shape with straight sides where two sides meet

I

interior live oak

• Specialized

9.3

An evergreen tree with thick leaves that grows in dry hills of western North America

Z

zone of interior

• Formal

8.9

An area away from the front where the military keeps supplies and has offices

Surface Forms

Etymology