Indoor
['ɪndɔː] or ['ɪndɔr]
Definition
(adj.) within doors; 'an indoor setting' .
(adj.) located, suited for, or taking place within a building; 'indoor activities for a rainy day'; 'an indoor pool' .
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Definition
(a.) Done or being within doors; within a house or institution; domestic; as, indoor work.
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Definition
adj. performed indoors.—adv. In′doors within doors.—Indoor relief support given to paupers in public buildings as opposed to Outdoor relief or help given them at their own homes.
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Examples
- Do you mean, Sir Percival, that I am to dismiss the indoor servants under my charge without the usual month's warning? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Dismiss the whole lazy pack of indoor servants to-morrow, except Porcher. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- From that time to the present the tide of popularity for billiards as the premier indoor game has been steadily rising. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Bowling, as we know today, is an indoor adaptation of, and an improvement upon, the old Dutch game of nine-pins. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- She wore her neat indoor dress and silk apron. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- All the indoor servants were to assemble in the hall. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- But these are only a few of the personal and indoor uses and applications. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The head of one of the regular indoor messengers attached to Tellson's establishment was put through the door, and the word was given: Porter wanted! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Indoors it was already dark. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Indoors the family was all sitting up, waiting. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The captain surveyed him from cap to waistcoat and from waistcoat to leggings for a few moments, and finally asked him to go indoors. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Indoors we agreed equally well. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- She came indoors with her face flushed, and her eyes still showing traces of her recent excitement. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- When are you coming indoors, Eustacia? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Wildeve went indoors to the empty room, a curious heartache within him. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- She had gone indoors after her survey through the glass, and had not been visible since. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Eustacia could not rest indoors, having nothing more to do, and she wandered to and fro on the hill, not far from the house she was soon to leave. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- My wife is fond of a particular shade of electric blue and would like you to wear such a dress indoors in the morning. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The clerk was indoors, and was just putting on his greatcoat. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- In the evening her grandfather came indoors with a rumour that Yeobright had removed that day from Alderworth to the old house at Blooms-End. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- They have no indoors man, else they do not want for any thing; and Mrs. Martin talks of taking a boy another year. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Eustacia remained within the bank looking at the fire, intending to go indoors, yet lingering still. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I am going indoors. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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