Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb In or into a house or building.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Within doors; into or inside a house or building.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Within the house; -- sometimes separated,
in doors .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In or
into abuilding .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb within a building
Etymologies
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Examples
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Your guess about Europeans keeping livestock indoors is a good one.
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Growing herbs indoors is great for fresh herbs in the winter but if you have a window ledge to spare, a full out window box lets mother nature take care of the feeding and watering.
Set Up A Window Box Garden For Fresh Vegetables And Kitchen Herbs | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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A&M's emergency notification system sent texts and e-mails telling students, faculty and staff to remain indoors while police looked for the suspected gunman.
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All chose to remain indoors, thus making our departure as ominous as they had made our arrival the night before.
Chapter 13 2010
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A&M's emergency notification system sent texts and e-mails telling students, faculty and staff to remain indoors while police looked for the suspected gunman.
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Moreover, many children with autism remain indoors because they require supervision during outdoor activity.
Don't Neglect Calcium on GFCF Diet Steve Carper 2008
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Similarly, if children remain indoors and are not exposed to sunlight, they may not make enough vitamin D, which is needed to process calcium into bones.
Don't Neglect Calcium on GFCF Diet Steve Carper 2008
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On the day going into labor the midwife will be called and the husband will prepare a place for delivery, a temporary shed called the lago. 17 After delivery they all come to the girl's mother's house or her grandmother's place where mother and child remain indoors until the child's umbilical cord drops off.
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I just want them to know that indoors is much safe from outdoors, from my own experiences.
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If you do not wish to be included, please post a ‘noindex, nofollow’ sign on your door or remain indoors at all times with windowshades drawn.
Google’s Street Views Could Break Canada’s Privacy Laws 2007
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