Indoor

Definition: Indoor

Indoor

Adjective

1. Located, suited for, or taking place within a building; "indoor activities for a rainy day"; "an indoor pool".

2. Within doors; "an indoor setting".

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

Date "indoor" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Synonyms: Indoor

Interiority

Home, domestic, indoor, intramural, vernacular; endemic.

Crosswords: Indoor

French (indoor).

The palace has seven hundred bedrooms, twenty-two swimming pools and an indoor polo field (The Monkees; writing credit: Dee Caruso; Gerald Gardner)

Hey, look, an indoor outhouse (Beetlejuice; writing credit: Michael McDowell; Warren Skaaren)

Is this why you called us here? We already gave up! You won! We are too busy trying to perfect universal indoor plumbing (Canadian Bacon; writing credit: Michael Moore)

There were specialists for the indoor tennis courts, and the outdoor tennis courts, the outdoor swimming pool, and the indoor swimming pool (Sabrina; writing credit: Samuel A. Taylor; Billy Wilder)

One of the best indoor sports, feeling sorry for yourself (The Hustler; writing credit: Sidney Carroll; Robert Rossen)

On most brands of Christmas lights: "For indoor or outdoor use only. (references; author: unknown)

Tuktu and the Indoor Games (1967)

Lulu's Indoor Outing (1944)

Grampy's Indoor Outing (1936)

Indoor Fireworks (2003)

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

References

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Children’s Toys and Indoor Games in Europe (reference)

• Indoor Sports Equipment in Egypt: A Strategic Entry Report, 1995 (reference)

• Indoor Air Quality Pollution Control Equipment in Hong Kong: A Strategic Entry Report, 2000 (reference)

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Children’s Toys and Indoor Games in Africa (reference)

• The 2002 World Forecasts of Children’s Toys and Indoor Games Export Supplies (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Indoor Air Quality Handbook (reference)

• Indoor Bonsai (reference)

• Marijuana Grower's Handbook: The Indoor High Yield Guide (reference)

• Playhouses You Can Build: Indoor & Backyard Designs (Stiles, David R. Weekend Project Book Series.) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Volleyball Rule Book - Indoor - English Ed (reference)

• Indoor Comfort News (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

High Tech

• Terk AF-9330 AM/FM Indoor Amplified Tower Antenna (reference)

• TERK Indoor AM/FM Antenna (AF-1) (reference)

• POLK AUDIO Atrium 45 Indoor / Outdoor Loudspeaker: Black (Pair) (reference)

• Access Unit / Base Station - Indoor Mounting Detached Antennas (reference)

• Terk TV-1 Indoor Passive Rabbit Ear TV Antenna (reference)

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

Consumer Goods

• George Foreman Indoor Grill with Timer - Extra Large Family Size GR26TMR (reference)

• OREGON SCIENTIFIC EM913 - Thermometer with Indoor Humidity (reference)

• Lentek Pet Boundary Indoor Pet Barrier System (reference)

• Bil-Jax 0127-006-0 Multi-Purpose Indoor Scaffolding (reference)

• George Foreman Indoor Grill with Bun Warmer - Chrome GR14BWC (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.

BurrosHorse GentlerLewiston Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Program AuctionWHB indoor auctionCottonwood Field OfficeUCSCUpper Columbia Salmon Clearwater District. Credit: Jerry Rohnert.

HorsesLewiston Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Program AuctionWHB indoor auctionCottonwood Field OfficeUCSCUpper Columbia Salmon Clearwater District. Credit: Jerry Rohnert.

[Nurses Uniforms- Indoor, Italian]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

How Indoor Air Pollutants Affect The Body. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Modeled by Betty Mayer, who was Assistant Superintendent of the Navy Nurse Corps in 1923-1930. Her cap bears the two gold stripes of her position. Seen here is the white indoor duty uniform (left), authorized 22 January 1923, and the same uniform with cape. Probably photographed prior to 1929. Credit: NAVY.

At the U.S. Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1914. They are wearing the indoor duty uniform. Credit: NAVY.

Borah's favorite indoor sport. Credit: Library of Congress.

World's champions, 1905-1906, Owosso, Mich., West side indoor base ball team. Credit: Library of Congress.

Indoor Y.M.C.A. swimming pool, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. Credit: Library of Congress.

Indoor football: the town councillors of Muggleton. Credit: Library of Congress.

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

Health

Reduce indoor humidity to less than 50 percent. (references)

Control fleas on your pet and in their indoor and outdoor environments. (references)

The possibility of human exposure is greater in indoor closed spaces, such as barns and sheds, that may be infested with rodents. (references)

Business

Another indoor sport whose popularity is also growing is bowling. (references)

Indoor sports such as billiards and bowling are also popular with the middle and lower income class. (references)

In addition, KEPCO has emphasized T&D facility improvement through automation including the installation of additional indoor and unmanned substations to enhance the power supply reliability. (references)

Civil Liberties

Algeria

The Government frequently grants licenses to political parties, NGO's, and other groups to hold indoor rallies. (references)

Azerbaijan

The authorities frequently prevented political parties critical of the Government from conducting indoor meetings as well as outdoor gatherings. (references)

Economic History

Korea

The indoor exhibition hall has a floor space of 26,446 square meters. (references)

Human Rights

Tanzania

On February 20, CUF leader Seif Shariff Hamad appeared in court for his April 2000 arrest at an indoor CUF meeting in Zanzibar; the charges against Hamad were dropped by year's end. (references)

Travel

Singapore

All public buildings, indoor restaurants and taxis are air-conditioned. (references)

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

Expressions using "indoor": for indoor use ♦ indoor aerial ♦ indoor dress ♦ indoor environment ♦ indoor games ♦ indoor garden ♦ indoor piscine ♦ indoor relief ♦ indoor shoe ♦ indoor sports ♦ indoor swimming pool ♦ indoor swimmming pool ♦ indoor tennis center. Additional references.

Beginning with "indoor": indoor-events, indoor-immersed, indoor-plants.

Albanian

i brendshëm (domestic, esoteric, immanent, inland, inlying, inner, inside, interior, internal, intestine, intimate, intramural, intrinsic, inward, Midland, seamy), shtëpie (domestic, home-made), shtëpiak (domestic, household, stay at home). (various references)

Arabic 

‏داخلي (domestic, female, in, inland, inner, inside, interior, internal, intestine, inward, parietal, residential). (various references)

Bulgarian 

стаен, вътрешен (domestic, endo-, home, in, inland, inner, inside, interior, internal, intimate, intrinsic, inward, mediterranean, mental), в къщи, на закрито (indoors), домашен (domestic, fireside, home, home-bred, homelike, homely, home-made, homespun, homey, homy, house, household). (various references)

Chinese 

室內 , 室内. (various references)

Czech

sálový, krytý (good), domovní (residential), domácí (brownie, domestic, domiciliary, home, homegrown, homelike, homemade, home-made, inland, internal, native, tame, vernacular). (various references)

Danish

indre-beskyttet gennemføring (indoor-immersed bushing), indre-beskyttet bøsning (indoor-immersed bushing), kroketspil til indendoers brug (indoor croquet), keglespil til indendoers brug (indoor skittles), dyrkning i huse (growing in houses, growing in sheds, indoor cultivation). (various references)

Dutch

invoerisolator voor binnenopstelling (indoor-immersed bushing), teelt in huizen (growing in houses, growing in sheds, indoor cultivation), salonskegelspel (indoor skittles), saloncroquet (indoor croquet), cultuur in kelders (growing in houses, growing in sheds, indoor cultivation), binnenruit (indoor lite, indoor pane, inside pane), binnenmilieu (indoor environment), Afdeling Binnenlucht (Indoor Air Pollution Division). (various references)

Farsi 

زیرسقف , خانگی (Domestic, Homelike, Household), داخلی (Esoteric, Innate, Inner, Interior, Internal, Inward, Territorial), درونی (Esoteric, Inmost, Innate, Inner, Innermost, Interior, Internal, Inward, Pectoral, Subjective). (various references)

Finnish

viljely sisätiloissa (growing in houses, growing in sheds, indoor cultivation), viljely sienimöissä (growing in houses, growing in sheds, indoor cultivation), tennishalli (indoor tennis-court), sisälasitus (indoor lite, indoor pane, inside pane), sisälasilevy (indoor lite, indoor pane, inside pane), sisäläpivientieristin neste-tai kaasutilaan (indoor-immersed bushing). (various references)

French

en salle (in-door). (various references)

German

innen- (interior, internal), innen (indoors, inside, interiorly, internally, inwards, on the inside, within), zu hause (at home, home, in, indoors, on the home front), zimmer-, haus- (pet, residential), hallen-, überdacht (roofed, roofed over). (various references)

Greek 

εσωτερικόσ (domestic, esoteric, inland, inner, inside, interior, internal, intestine, intrinsic, inward), εσωτερικός (inner, internal). (various references)

Hebrew 

שבתוך הבית. (various references)

Hungarian

termi, szobai, házi (domestic, domiciliary, family, home, home grown, home-made, in-house, tame), benti. (various references)

Italian

interno (extension, home, in-house, inland, inner, inside, interior, intern, internal, inward, iternal, lining, Midland, resident, residential), in casa (at, at home, indoors, within), al coperto (indoors), al chiuso. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

屋内 , インドール酢酸 (indoleacetic acid, indoor game, indoor sports). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おくない, インドア . (various references)

Korean 

실내 (Interior). (various references)

Manx

thie (building, domestic, habitation, home, homeward, house, residency), cheusthie (inland, inner; subjectivist, inside, interior, within). (various references)

Norwegian

innvendig (inside, interior, internal, inwardly), inne (in, indoors, inside). (various references)

Pig Latin

indooray.(various references)

Portuguese

interno (colleger, in, in-house, inland, inmost, inner, inside, internal), interior (bowels, country, depth, doggerel, inboard, indwelling, inland, inner, inside, interior, internal, inward, up-country), feito dentro de casa. (various references)

Romanian

de interior, acoperit (covered, heavy, hidden, overhung). (various references)

Russian 

комнатный (potted), внутренний (back-end, domestic, endo-, endogeneous, in-house, inland, inner, inner tube, innermost, inside, internal, interum, intestine, intimate, intrinsical, mediterranean), находящийся внутри дома, происходящий внутри дома. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zatvoren prostor, unutrašnji (inboard, inland, inner, inside, interior, internal, intrinsic, inward), u kući (indoors), u dvorani, kućni (domiciliary, home), kod kuće. (various references)

Spanish

interior (domestic, home, inboard, inland, inner, innermost, inside, interior, internal, inward, outback), no fuera, de interior. (various references)

Swedish

inomhus-. (various references)

Turkish

içeri (in, within), kapalı (backhanded, cloistered, close, closed, cloudy, cloudyly, covered, enclosed, Gray, grey, impenetrable, muggy, murky, off, overcast, privy, sable, sealed, secluded, shut, skyless, sullen, unopened), ev içi, dahili (inner, internal). (various references)

Ukrainian

кімнатний. (various references)

Vietnamese 

trong nhà. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "indoor": indoors. (additional references)

Words containing "indoor": withindoors. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Indoor" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aandoo, andor, Anduro, Endmoor, endoo, endor, hindoos, idoor, Idurd, Indamora, indeo, Indevo, indoo, indor, indu, induro, ingor, Inkoo, inloo, Inodo, inor, Inosorro, inour, intueor, iodoform, Lindoro, Ndioro, niduari, pindolol, Sindobod. (additional references)

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

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: donor, rondo.

-2 letters: door, inro, iron, nodi, noir, nori, odor, ordo, rind, rood.

-3 letters: din, don, dor, ion, nod, noo, nor, rid, rin, rod.

-4 letters: do, id, in, no, od, on, or.

+1 letter: bridoon, indoors, sordino.

+2 letters: bridoons, brooding, coronoid, dishonor, doornail, drooling, drooping, fordoing, indorsor, ironwood, phoronid, rigadoon, rodeoing, tandoori.

+3 letters: accordion, adoration, cordoning, corroding, dishonors, doctoring, dominator, doornails, doronicum, forboding, foredoing, gondolier, grandioso, indorsors, ironbound, ironwoods, monitored, monorchid, odorizing, overdoing, phoronids, portioned, rhodonite, rhodopsin, rigadoons, tandooris, windproof.

+4 letters: accordions, admonitory, adorations, adsorption, anthropoid, bookbinder, broodiness, broodingly, carotenoid, carotinoid, chironomid, colorblind, coordinate, decoloring, decoration, derogation, desorption, dishonored, dishonorer, disrooting, distortion, dominators, doronicums, dragooning, droopingly, foreboding, foreordain, gadrooning, gondoliers, gorgonized, hoodwinker, hydroponic, indecorous, isoprenoid, moderation, monohybrid, monohydric, monorchids, nonjoinder, nonsteroid, ordination, ornithopod, orotundity, overdosing, picarooned, production, pyroxenoid, radiophone, radiosonde, reflooding, rhodonites, rhodopsins, springwood, torpedoing, wrongdoing.