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indoor

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1
Located, used, or done inside a building.
"They installed an indoor pool for winter use."
"Indoor plants need less direct sunlight than outdoor ones."

How to Use Indoor

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In plain EnglishHappening or existing inside a building, not outside.

Common mistake

"Indoor" is the adjective (an indoor pool); "indoors" is the adverb (stay indoors).

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Etymology

From "(with)in" plus "door," first recorded in 1711.

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