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US
/ɪkˈstɪɹiɝ/
]
[ UK /ɛkstˈiəɹɪɐ/ ]
[ UK /ɛkstˈiəɹɪɐ/ ]
NOUN
- the region that is outside of something
- the outer side or surface of something
ADJECTIVE
-
situated in or suitable for the outdoors or outside of a building
exterior grade plywood
an exterior scene
exterior paints
How To Use exterior In A Sentence
- Through her suit, Suzie Nova felt the diamantine exterior of the alien contraption throb faintly below her feet, alive with incomprehensible energies that course through it like blood through arteries.
- The normal human desire to rid one's self of a tormenting secret, to "exteriorize one's rottenness," finds satisfaction on an exalted plane in confession to God, or to his appointed ministers. Human Traits and their Social Significance
- The other key aspect of the restoration involved repointing the exterior masonry, in the facades of limestone, sandstone, and granite.
- The synagogue is renowned for its bright white exterior and lion-headed gargoyles, which are unusual because animal forms are rarely used in Jewish art.
- One section of the factory's main exterior wall had already collapsed, leaving a pile of smouldering rubble. Times, Sunday Times
- For that reason its exterior façade is made of limestone on the ground floor and an innovative terra-cotta cladding on the upper floors. The Seigle House by Lohan Anderson
- This is done on the exterior, although landmark buildings have been retrofitted inside at great cost and with extreme difficulty.
- Despite their fishlike exteriors, ichthyosaurs had to surface to breathe air and they gave birth to live young.
- Unfinished hems and bulky vertical exterior seams retained an air of elegance, their rough finish somehow marrying perfectly with the slinky lines of dresses and skirts. Times, Sunday Times
- Beneath that aloof exterior, Gayle is a warm, sympathetic person.