Exterior

Definition: Exterior

Exterior

Adjective

1. Situated in or suitable for the outdoors or outside of a building; "an exterior scene"; "exterior grade plywood"; "exterior paints".

Noun

1. The region that is outside of something.

2. The outer side or surface of something.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "exterior" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

Synonym: Exterior

Exteriority

Verb: be exterior; Adjective: lie around.

Noun: exteriority; outside, exterior; surface, superficies; skin; (covering); superstratum; disk, disc; face, facet; extrados.

Adjective: exterior, external; outer most; outward, outlying, outside, outdoor; round about; extramural; extralimitary, extramundane.

Crosswords: Exterior

Portuguese (abroad, exterior, external, ostensible, outdoor, outer, out-of-door, outside, outsider, outward, utter), Portuguese Brazilian (outside), Romanian (appearance, exterior, external, out, outdoor, outer, outside, outward, oversea), Spanish (exterior, external, foreign, foreign parts, out, outer, outlying, outside, outward, surface, upper, wing, winger).

It's not a pretty face, I grant you, but underneath its flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character (American in Paris, An; writing credit: Alan Jay Lerner)

Es peligroso asomarse al exterior (1945)

Panorama Exterior Westinghouse Works (1904)

Exterior Night (1993)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• BANCO EXTERIOR, C.A.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Toyo Exterior Co., Ltd: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• 100 More Things You Don't Need a Man For!: Exterior Home and Yard Maintenance (reference)

• A Treasury of Fine Construction Design: 104 Detailed Plates of Early Twentieth Century Interior & Exterior Elements (reference)

• Exterior Planner (reference)

• Finish Carpentry: A Complete Interior & Exterior Guide (reference)

• Perfectly Painted House: A Foolproof Guide for Choosing Exterior Colors for Your Home (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Indicadores De Comercio Exterior = Foreign Trade Indicators (reference)

• Revista Mexicana De Politica Exterior (reference)

• Estadisticas Del Comercio Exterior De Mexico : Informacion Preliminar (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• EXTERIOR REMODELING PROJECTS (reference)

• Home Inspection From A to Z Video: The Interior and Exterior (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

High Tech

• PDA Plus Leather Exterior PDA Case (reference)

• TERK CFR-904 Flat Panel Exterior Glass-Mount Antenna (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• DeWalt DW071KE Heavy Duty Rotary Laser Exterior Kit (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Shown is the exterior of the National Naval Medical Center (NNMC) taken from the west. On some shots has the glow from the sunset on the tower of the hospital. Credit: Bill Branson (Photographer).

The images show the exterior of McKinley High School. Credit: Ernie Branson (photographer).

Exterior view of mobile Public Health Clinic near Brunswick, GA. Car, automobile. Credit: CDC.

Exterior of South West Rabies Investigations Station in Las Crucis, New Mexico. Credit: CDC.

Beaufort Laboratory - exterior view. In: "Report of the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1902" . Report of the Commissioner for the Year Ending June 30, 1902. P. 1, Plate 1. Credit: Fisheries.

Figure 42. Hopfgartner and Arzberger sounder, devised by Lieutenant Franz von Hopfgartner of the Austrian Merchant Marine and Moriz Arzberger, a civil enginee r, this apparatus used the same principle as aneroid barometers which utilized the pressure difference between a wall, isolated or not, and the exterior medium . It was tested in 1876 in the Gulf of Trieste in depths up to 17 meters. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Electricians from the 49th Civil Engineer Squadron's Exterior Electric Shop, Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., replace outdated utility-pole cross arms. The airmen are replacing the old T-arms with more stable and efficient polymer arms. Phillip Trujillo, 49.

Staff Sgt. Dennis Guidice from the 374th Maintenance Squadron/Refurbishment Flight, Yokota Air Base, Japan, installs kevlar armor plates on a C-130 aircrew seat during an inspection of the aircraft. The C-130 is undergoing a complete interior and exterior.

Exterior view of the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center. Credit: BLM Staff.

Distant exterior view of the NHOTIC. Credit: BLM Staff.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Beneath the apparent similarities of the exterior mind, there was great dissimilarity between Tholomyes and him.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Once free, the gallbladder is pulled through one of the small incisions to the exterior, the laparoscope and instruments are removed, and the incisions are closed with sutures and covered with small bandages. (references)

Business

The other bank in this category, while not open to the public, is the Banco de Inversion y Comercio Exterior (Investment and Foreign Commerce Bank - BICE). (references)

Alloy wheels remain popular as they have been for the past four to five years, but they are the only exterior styling product that sell well; external accessories such as spoilers and striping are “out”. (references)

Civil Liberties

Equatorial Guinea

Radio Exterior often broadcasts news about the country and interviews with the opposition politicians. (references)

Equatorial Guinea

The Government regularly accused Radio Exterior, sometimes with justification, of misrepresenting the situation in the country. (references)

Equatorial Guinea

International electronic media is available and includes Radio France International, which broadcasts in Malabo, and Radio Exterior, the international short-wave service from Spain. (references)

Economic History

Mexico

Asociacion Mexicana de Publicidad Exterior, A.C. (references)

Sweden

Steering wheels, rims, mirrors and decorations for the exterior of the car also sell well. (references)

Brazil

Sources: ABINEE, Associação Brasileira da Indústria Elétrica e Eletrônica, SECEX - Secretaria de Comércio Exterior and other industry sources. (references)

Human Rights

Jamaica

JLP murals and symbols on exterior walls were painted over with PNP slogans in red, one of the party's colors. (references)

Venezuela

Despite resistance from the Catholic Church and NGO's, the Government sporadically used the National Guard, normally charged with exterior prison security, to maintain internal control of prisons. (references)

Trade

Morocco

No special regulations apply to the exterior marking of containers for shipments to Morocco. (references)

Travel

Netherlands

Usually, the owner accepts responsibility only for exterior repairs; interior maintenance and repairs are usually at the tenant's expense. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "exterior": be exterior ♦ Exterior angle ♦ exterior door ♦ exterior force ♦ exterior Gateway Protocol ♦ exterior paint ♦ exterior reachable address ♦ Exterior side ♦ exterior trim. Additional references.

Beginning with "exterior": exterior-grade.

Ending with "exterior": kke-exterior.

Albanian

që vjen nga jashtë, që ndodh jashtë, pjesë e jashtme (exteriority, outside), pamje e jashtme (appearance, externals, façade, garb, jib, person, show, superficies, surf, surface), i jashtëm (adventitious, apparent, extern, external, foreign, out, outdoor, outer, outlying, outside, outward, oversea, overseas). (various references)

Arabic 

صفحة (outside, page, surface), ‏مظهر خارجى (external), ‏مظهر (air, appearance, aspect, exhibitory, face, figure, form, guise, look, manifestation, mien, phase, presentation, semblance, shape, show, showing, visage), ‏مشهد خارجى, ‏سطحي (cursory, external, facile, frothy, perfunctory, peripheral, primary, shallow-minded, sketchy, skin deep, slight, superficial, surface, unexperienced, unintelligent), ‏خارجي (ecto-, extern, external, extraneous, extrinsic, foreign, incident, outer, outermost, outward, peripheral), ‏المظهر الخارجي (surface), ‏العضلة الباسطة, ‏الخارج (dissenter). (various references)

Bulgarian 

страничен (adventitious, adventive, aisle, by, circumstantial, collateral, external, incidental, indirect, lateral, marginal, oblique, off, outside, postern, side), чужд (adventitious, adventive, alien, extraneous, extrinsic, foreign, outside, Peregrin, strange, unfamiliar, vicarious), външност (appearance, aspect, exteriority, externals, habit, looks, mien, outside, outward, person, personage, surface), външна страна (exteriority, face, husks, outside), външна снимка, външен вид (face, outward, person, personage, semblance, superficies, trim), външен (adventitious, adventive, external, extraneous, extrinsic, foreign, formal, inorganic, ostentatious, outdoor, outer, out-of-door, outside, outward, over, overall, oversea, overseas, showy, surface). (various references)

Chinese 

表 (a list or table, a meter, a watch, an example, chart, express, external, surface, to show, to watch), 外部 (External). (various references)

Czech

exteriér, zevnìjšek (outside, outward), vnìjší (extern, external, extraneous, extrinsic, male, objective, outer, outside, outward, over), fasáda (façade, front, frontage). (various references)

Danish

extern adresse (exterior reachable address), ekstern adresse (exterior reachable address), ydre Golgiapparat (Golgi exterior apparatus), synlig overflade (exterior light-emitting surface), parotislogens ydervæg (exterior wall of the parotid space), måling af eksterne stimuli (exterior stimuli metrics), legemsydre (body surface, exterior body), legemsoverflade (body surface, exterior body, surface of the body), hvidblikplade (exterior tinned steel), afloebskanal fra pumperne til forhavnen (discharge culvert to exterior of graving dock or to basin). (various references)

Dutch

buitenkant (outskirts, periphery), aanblik (appearance, aspect, look, sight, view). (various references)

Esperanto

ekstero, eksteraĵo. (various references)

Farsi 

واقع درسطح خارجی , خارجی (Alien, Exoteric, External, Extraneous, Guest, Outsider, Strange), ظاهری (Outward, Outwards, Seeming, Superficial, Surface), بیرونی (External, Out, Outdoor, Outer, Outward, Outwards, Over). (various references)

Finnish

ulkopuoli (outside), ulkomuoto (appearance, looks), ulko (external, outer, outside, outward), pinta (plane, surface). (various references)

French

extérieurement, extérieur (external), vue, spectacle, aspect. (various references)

Frisian

oansjen (appearance, aspect, look, sight, to look at, view), gesicht (appearance, aspect, face, look, sight, view). (various references)

German

außerhalb (out, out of, out of town, outboard, outlying, outside, outside of). (various references)

Greek 

εξωτερικόσ (exoteric, external, extraneous, extrinsic, outer, outside, outward), εξωτερική όψη (outer side), το εξωτερικό μέρος. (various references)

Hebrew 

חיצוניות (externality, outside), חיצוני (ecto, external, extraneous, extrinsic, out, outer, outward, surface), חוץ (foreign, outside). (various references)

Hungarian

külső (aerial, appearance, barbican, external, extrinsic, facade, get-up, husk, look, outside, peripheral, to externalize, to weather-board). (various references)

Indonesian

bagian luar. (various references)

Italian

esteriore (appearance, external, outer, outside, outward), esterno (external, location, off, out, outdoor, outer, outlying, outside, outward). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

表 (face, front, outside, right side, surface), 外側 (extraneous, outside). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おもて (face, first half, front, head, mat covers, outside, right side, surface, the street), がいそく (extraneous, general rules or principles, outside), がいかん (appearance, customs house, external pressure, facade, foreign threat, general view, outline), がいめん (outward appearance, surface), そとがわ (extraneous, outside), そとづら (outward appearance, surface), うわべ (outside, outward appearance, seeming, surface), うわつら (appearances, surface, top), エクステリア , じょうめん (appearances, surface, top). (various references)

Korean 

외면. (various references)

Manx

mooie (abroad, external, extraneous, out, outboard, outdoors, outer, outstanding, outward, owing, without), cheumooie (alfresco, outboard, outside, without). (various references)

Norwegian

ytre (external), utvendig (external), utside. (various references)

Pig Latin

exterioray.(various references)

Portuguese

exterior (abroad, external, ostensible, outdoor, outer, out-of-door, outside, outsider, outward, utter), aparência (air, appearance, aspect, complexion, expression, external, garb, likeness, look, make, perspective, semblance, shell, shew, show, sight, stalking-horse, surface, veneer, view). (various references)

Romanian

exterior (appearance, external, out, outdoor, outer, outside, outward, oversea), parte exterioarã. (various references)

Russian 

внешность (externality, externals, look, outside, outward form, person), внешний вид/ .внешний, внешний (ecto-, exogenous, extern, external, extraneous, off-board, out, out of doors, outdoor, outer, out-of-door, out-of-line, outside, outward, peripherial, superficial), наружный (extern, external, out, outdoor, outdoors, outer, outlying, outside, parietal), наружность, иностранный (alien, external, foreign, tramontane). (various references)

Scottish

caoin (dry, kind, lament, mild, the exterior surface of cloth, weep). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

eksterijer, spoljašnjost (aspects, look, outness, outside, semblance), spoljašnji (extern, external, extrinsic, out of doors, outer, outside, outward). (various references)

Spanish

aspecto (angle, appearance, aspect, caliber, calibre, countenance, forehead, guise, likeness, look, outward appearance, point, regard, semblance, shape, side, sight, turn, view), vista (appearance, aspect, caller, examination, eyesight, fondness, hearing, look, perspective, seeing, show, sight, take, takeoff, view, vision, visitor, vista). (various references)

Swedish

yttre (exoteric, external, extraneous, extrinsic, guise, out, outer, outside, outward, peripheral, person, personal, surface), utsida (outside). (various references)

Thai

ภายนอก (external). (various references)

Turkish

harici (exoteric, external, outer), dışarı (forth, out, outside, outside of), dış taraf (without), dış kaynaklı, dış ilişkiler (external affairs), dış ülkelerle olan, dış çekim, dış (ecto-, exo-, external, extrinsic, foreign, offshore, out, outer, outside, outward, salient, superficial, without). (various references)

Turkmen 

mysala (appearance), daю (far, yard). (various references)

Ukrainian

сторонній (extramural, outlier, outside, outsider, outward), чужоземний (alien, barbarian, exotic, outland, outlandish, peregrinate), зовнішність (externality, front, guise, mien, outside, outward, person, physique, seeming, semblance, surface), зовнішній (external, extrinsic, extrinsical, foreign, formal, out, outboard, outdoor, outer, outlying, out-of-door, outside, outward), екстер'єр. (various references)

Vietnamese 

vẻ bề ngoài, ngoài (off, out, without), mặt ngoài, bên ngoài cách cư xử bề ngoài, bề ngoài (aspect, face, glossy, outside, seeming, superficies, veneer), ở ngoài (external, out, outdoor, outside, outward, without). (various references)

foranus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "exterior": exteriorise, exteriorised, exteriorises, exteriorising, exteriorities, exteriority, exteriorization, exteriorizations, exteriorize, exteriorized, exteriorizes, exteriorizing, exteriorly, exteriors. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Exterior" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: enterior, exterier, Exterieur, Exterieure, exteriour, extraor, Mexiteria. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: retire, retore, rioter.

-3 letters: exert, oxter, retie, retro, trier.

-4 letters: exit, rete, riot, rite, rote, roti, tier, tire, tiro, tore, tori, torr, tree, trio.

-5 letters: ere, err, ire, ore, ort, ree, rei, ret, rex, roe, rot, tee, tie, toe, tor.

+1 letter: exteriors.

+2 letters: exteriorly.

+3 letters: expropriate, exteriorise, exteriority, exteriorize, extortioner, reexporting, xerothermic.

+4 letters: expropriated, expropriates, extemporizer, exteriorised, exteriorises, exteriorized, exteriorizes, exterminator, extortioners, extraversion, extroversion, overexerting, overexertion, retroflexion.

+5 letters: extemporarily, extemporizers, exteriorising, exteriorities, exteriorizing, exterminators, exterminatory, exterritorial, extraversions, extroversions, overexertions, reexportation, retroflexions.