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indoors

[ in-dawrz, -dohrz ]
/ ɪnˈdɔrz, -ˈdoʊrz /
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adverb
in or into a house or building: We stayed indoors during the storm.
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Origin of indoors

1780–90; indoor + -s1
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British Dictionary definitions for indoors

indoors
/ (ˌɪnˈdɔːz) /

adverb, adjective
(postpositive) inside or into a house or other building
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