interior room

Space without windows

An interior room is a room without windows or exterior walls, situated entirely within a building's core.

Such rooms—bathrooms, closets, storage areas—receive no natural light.

During severe weather, interior rooms offer the safest shelter: Get to an interior room away from windows.

The term appears frequently in tornado safety instructions.

Related
  • chamberEnclosed room or cavity
  • parlorFormal room for visitors
  • denPrivate room or lair
  • studyDeliberate learning effort
  • loungeComfortable waiting room

hall · bedroom · salon · quarters · inner sanctum · hearth · four walls · walls · ceiling · floor · doorway · threshold · window · carpet · furniture · creature comforts · cozy · enclosed

Categories
Opposites
spatial position relative to building boundary

interior roomsunroom

Glazed residential living space

garden room · conservatory · balcony room · terrace · porch

enclosure vs. openness

interior roomoutdoor space

courtyard · patio · deck · rooftop terrace · terrace

spatial position relative to building perimeter

interior roomsun room

Enclosed, windowed living space

front room · solarium · conservatory

Family

interior, room, interiors, rooms, roomed, rooming, roommate, roommates, roomy

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G