INDOOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does indoor mean? 

• INDOOR (adjective)
  The adjective INDOOR has 2 senses:

1. located, suited for, or taking place within a building

2. within doors

  Familiarity information: INDOOR used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INDOOR (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Located, suited for, or taking place within a building

Context example:

an indoor pool

Also:

interior (situated within or suitable for inside a building)

Antonym:

outdoor (located, suited for, or taking place in the open air)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Within doors

Context example:

an indoor setting

Similar:

interior (situated within or suitable for inside a building)

 Context examples 

Making sure that your building is well-ventilated and getting rid of pollutants can improve the quality of your indoor air.

(Indoor Air Pollution, Environmental Protection Agency)

Overall, they found that having low blood vitamin D levels was related to the harmful respiratory effects of indoor air pollution among obese children with asthma.

(Vitamin D may protect against pollution-associated asthma symptoms in obese children, National Institutes of Health)

This then affects indoor air quality and health.

(Smoother walls healthier for lungs, SciDev.Net)

A new study in the medical journal Lancet said pollution, both outdoor and indoor, killed about 9 million people in 2015, or one out of every six deaths.

(Pollution is the World’s No. 1 Killer, VOA)

He added: 'And as we did not include indoor air pollution and workplace exposure in our analysis, the real effect may be even greater.'

(Air Pollution Can Trigger Glaucoma, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

He in turn had friends among the indoor servants who unite in their fear and dislike of their master.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“If there are no openings near the ceiling of a room, warm indoor air can become trapped near the ceiling and wind is not effective at removing the trapped air.”

(Wind more effective than cold air at cooling rooms naturally, University of Cambridge)

Allergic rhinitis caused by indoor allergens and lasting year round.

(Perennial Allergic Rhinitis, NCI Thesaurus)

The indoor temperature of the non-air-conditioned dorm averaged 26.3 C (79.3 F) compared with 21.4 C (70.5 F) in the dorm with air-conditioning.

(Hot Dorm Rooms Could Affect Students' Memory, Sadie Witkowski/VOA)

Even when that weather was broken, and continuous rain set in for some days, no damp seemed cast over enjoyment: indoor amusements only became more lively and varied, in consequence of the stop put to outdoor gaiety.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)