indoor

/'indɔ:/

Thân thiện

Children play indoor games on a rainy afternoon.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Situated, occurring, or used within a building: Describes something that is located inside a house or other structure.
   • Suited for or taking place inside: Describes activities, events, or facilities that are designed for or happen inside, often in contrast to the outdoors.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The hotel has a beautiful indoor pool and spa.
  • We planned several indoor activities in case of bad weather.
  • The concert was moved to an indoor venue due to the storm.

Advanced Usage

• "indoor" as an attributive adjective: Almost always used directly before a noun to describe it.
  • indoor lighting, indoor air quality, indoor sports complex
• Contrast with "outdoor": Often used to explicitly differentiate from outside environments.
  • The festival offers both indoor and outdoor seating options.

Variants and Related Words

• Indoors (adverb): In or into a building. (Note: This is a separate, related word, not a variant of the adjective "indoor").
  • Please come indoors; it's starting to rain.
• Indoor- (prefix-like): Used to form compound adjectives.
  • indoor-outdoor carpet, indoor-bred plants

Synonyms

• Interior: Located inside.
• Enclosed: Surrounded by walls or a structure.
• Inside: Situated within.

Antonyms

• Outdoor: Located, suited for, or happening outside.
• Al fresco: In the open air.

Related Phrases

• Indoor climate: The atmospheric conditions (temperature, humidity) inside a building.
• Go indoor: (Informal phrase) To move an activity or oneself inside.
  • The match had to go indoor when the rain started.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. within doors
   • an indoor setting
2. located, suited for, or taking place within a building
   • indoor activities for a rainy day
   • an indoor pool

Từ đồng nghĩa

• indoor