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# indoors

adverb (indoors); adjective indoor (an indoor pool)

«indoors» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Indoors means inside a building, not outside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indoors/#m1)

### In the lessons

In everyday life you go indoors when it rains or when it gets dark; there are indoor games for rainy days. In safety lessons: in a thunderstorm go indoors; keep pets indoors during fireworks; on very hot days or when the air is smoky stay indoors; never use a barbecue indoors because of poisonous gas. In health lessons children need time outdoors as well as indoors. Phrases: go indoors, stay indoors, keep indoors, indoor games.

### Examples

- It's raining, so let's play indoors. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indoors/#x1)
- Go indoors if you hear thunder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indoors/#x2)
- Keep the cat indoors on Bonfire Night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indoors/#x3)
- We had PE indoors because the field was wet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indoors/#x4)
- Never light a barbecue indoors. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indoors/#x5)
- My grandma's tomatoes grow indoors in winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indoors/#x6)
- We spent too long indoors; let's go to the park. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indoors/#x7)
- The swimming pool is indoors, so we can swim all year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indoors/#x8)
- Whereupon he went off indoors, whistling cheerfully. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indoors/#x9)

### Note

«Indoors» is an adverb (go indoors, stay indoors); «indoor» is the adjective before a noun (an indoor pool). Opposite: outdoors, outdoor. «Inside» is also common: «go inside».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «indoors» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indoors/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«indoors» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/indoors.html) on Mova free.