Definition of exterior Exterior

/ɪkstɪˈɹiɚ/ - [ikstireeer] - ex•te•ri•or

We found 14 definitions of exterior from 6 different sources.

What does exterior mean?

Adjective
exterior - situated in or suitable for the outdoors or outside of a building; "an exterior scene"; "exterior grade plywood"; "exterior paints"
		interior of or coming from the middle of a region or country; "upcountry districts"
		out-of-door, outdoor, outside located, suited for, or taking place in the open air; "outdoor clothes"; "badminton and other outdoor games"; "a beautiful outdoor setting for the wedding"
		spatial relation, position the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom
		out outer or outlying; "the out islands"

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exterior (a.)
External; outward; pertaining to that which is external; -- opposed to interior; as, the exterior part of a sphere.
exterior (a.)
External; on the outside; without the limits of; extrinsic; as, an object exterior to a man, opposed to what is within, or in his mind.
exterior (a.)
Relating to foreign nations; foreign; as, the exterior relations of a state or kingdom.
exterior (n.)
The outward surface or part of a thing; that which is external; outside.
exterior (n.)
Outward or external deportment, form, or ceremony; visible act; as, the exteriors of religion.

exterior
eks-tē′ri-or, adj. outer: outward, external: on or from the outside: foreign.—n. outward part or surface: outward form or deportment: appearance.—n. Exterior′ity.—adv. Extē′riorly, outwardly. [L. exterior, comp. of exter, outward—ex, out.]