intramural

American  

[in-truh-myoor-uhl] / ˌɪn trəˈmyʊər əl /

adjective

1. involving only students at the same school or college.

   intramural athletics.

2. within the walls, boundaries, or enclosing units, as of a city, institution, or building.

3. Anatomy.  being within the substance of a wall, as of an organ.

4. involving or understood only by members of a single group, profession, etc..

   an intramural medical conference.

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intramural British  

/ ˌɪntrəˈmjʊərəl /

adjective

1. education operating within or involving those in a single establishment

2. anatomy within the walls of a cavity or hollow organ

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Other Word Forms

• intramurally adverb

Etymology

Origin of intramural

First recorded in 1840–50; intra- + mural

Example Sentences

What he belittles as intramural squabbling is the difficult and necessary work of moral and political hygiene for the conservative movement—and the country.

From The Wall Street Journal

In college I was skipped for an intramural team because a girl reviewing the candidates found a photo of me online, slumping in huge khakis.

From The Wall Street Journal

Before he arrived in Guadalajara, Negrete had already joined an intramural baseball team and a running club.

From Los Angeles Times

The team will shift to the intramural fields, which feature artificial turf, ahead of its Sept. 6 game at Nevada Las Vegas to prepare for the same playing surface inside Allegiant Stadium.

From Los Angeles Times

Foster said the team had plenty of options, including Drake Stadium and the intramural fields, if the new practice fields were not completed by the time players returned to campus next weekend.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• constitutional
• domestic
• in-house
• national
• private
• subjective