Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, situated in, or intended for use in the interior of a building.
- adjective Carried on within doors.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Situated, carried on, performed, employed, etc., within doors, and not in the open air: as, an indoor service.
- Downward (into the cylinder): as, the indoor stroke of the piston of a Cornish engine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Done or being within doors; within a house or institution; domestic.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Situated in, or designed to be used in, or carried on within the
interior of abuilding .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective located, suited for, or taking place within a building
- adjective within doors
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Examples
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I was the living definition of the term indoor kid.
i know i am, but what are you? SAMANTHA BEE 2010
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I was the living definition of the term indoor kid.
i know i am, but what are you? SAMANTHA BEE 2010
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Even if the phrase indoor sports harbors a contradiction—really, exercise should go with fresh air and connect us back to when, as a species, exercise wasn’t an optional extra—this all-weather benefit is key because, by removing the meteorological hazard, it acknowledges that desire for personal control and enables it.
BREAKFAST WITH SOCRATES ROBERT ROWLAND SMITH 2010
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Even if the phrase indoor sports harbors a contradiction—really, exercise should go with fresh air and connect us back to when, as a species, exercise wasn’t an optional extra—this all-weather benefit is key because, by removing the meteorological hazard, it acknowledges that desire for personal control and enables it.
BREAKFAST WITH SOCRATES ROBERT ROWLAND SMITH 2010
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-- The term indoor tanning service means a service employing any electronic product designed to incorporate 1 or more ultraviolet lamps and intended for the irradiation of an individual by ultraviolet radiation, with wavelengths in air between 200 and 400 nanometers, to induce skin tanning. "
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In one instant I went from being on top of the world with a rain stick store to the bottom of a well that I called my indoor swimming pool.
Morgan Evans: My Upcoming TV Series in the Spring Line Up Morgan Evans 2011
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In one instant I went from being on top of the world with a rain stick store to the bottom of a well that I called my indoor swimming pool.
Morgan Evans: My Upcoming TV Series in the Spring Line Up Morgan Evans 2011
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He envisions growing crops in indoor areas more concentrated than farm fields, and herbicides, pesticides and fertilizers wouldn't be used.
Dickson Despommier's 'The Vertical Farm' Touts Visionary Urban Agriculture Methods AP 2010
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This type of weather makes me wish my son was interested in indoor activities like drawing or baking or dress-up.
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In one instant I went from being on top of the world with a rain stick store to the bottom of a well that I called my indoor swimming pool.
Morgan Evans: My Upcoming TV Series in the Spring Line Up Morgan Evans 2011
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