intramural

From Latin intramuralis, from intra (“within”) + muralis (“of a wall”).

• Rhymes: -ʊəɹəl

intramural (comparative more intramural, superlative most intramural)

1. Within the walls; within one institution, particularly a school.

   Intramural sports involve teams that are all within the same school.

2. Within the substance of the walls of an organ.

   intramural pregnancy

• (antonym(s) of “inside the walls”): extramural

• immure
• intra-
• mural

intramural (plural intramurals)

1. A (usually sports) competition between teams belonging to the same school.

• interscholastic
• varsity

• IPA^(key): /intɾamuˈɾal/ [ĩn̪.t̪ɾa.muˈɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: in‧tra‧mu‧ral

intramural m or f (masculine and feminine plural intramurales)

1. intramural