intramural

[in-truh-myoor-uhl]

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.

intramural

/ ˌɪntrəˈmjʊərəl /

adjective

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

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

Other Word Forms

• intramurally adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of intramural¹

First recorded in 1840–50; intra- + mural

Example Sentences

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

The University of Alabama, Aldridge said, now has three robots, two for athletics and one for intramural fields.

From Los Angeles Times

Could he be a ringer in Duke intramural basketball?

From Los Angeles Times

When it comes to Congress, Politico’s Rachel Bade writes, Trump “is more concerned with using his political muscle to perform acts of dominance than to settle the intramural disputes that are holding up his agenda.”

From Los Angeles Times

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