interior decoration

noun

: interior design

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The brand sells a variety of clothing, furniture and interior decorations. — Maliha Shoaib, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2025 Green Ball is a wonderful contrasting addition to any flower bed and makes an exotic interior decoration, too. — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026 These movies commit to the dusty interior decoration and inherent sadness of their ghost stories, but have little feel for the profound interfamily dynamics therein. — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025 What might seem like interior decoration is often viewed by historians as political communication. — Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for interior decoration

Word History

First Known Use

1807, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of interior decoration was in 1807

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“Interior decoration.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interior%20decoration. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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interior decoration

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: interior design

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