Meanings
alternative extra-mural
- not comparableTaking place outside the walls of an institution, especially a school or university or prison.
[...] a notable acquisition at Chiswick is a machine, believed to be unique of its type, which has been designed and constructed under an extramural research contract at the University of Nottingham for studying fatigue in railway axles.
1961 February, “Talking of Trains: New L.T. research laboratory”, in Trains Illustrated, page 76
Synonyms & antonyms
antonym(s) of “outside the walls”
adjectivecarried on outside the bounds of an institution or community
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinextramuralis
- Englishextramural
From Latin extramuralis, from extra (“outside”) + muralis (“of a wall”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian задочен
- задочен (zadočen)describing teaching of students who are not resident at such an institution
Finnish seinien ulkopuolinen, laitoksen ulkopuolinen
- seinien ulkopuolinentaking place outside the walls of an institution, especially a school or university
- laitoksen ulkopuolinendescribing teaching of students who are not resident at such an institution
French externe
- externetaking place outside the walls of an institution, especially a school or university
German extern, extramural
- externtaking place outside the walls of an institution, especially a school or university
- extramuraltaking place outside the walls of an institution, especially a school or university
- compound with Fern-describing teaching of students who are not resident at such an institution
- Heim- …describing teaching of students who are not resident at such an institution
Russian заочный
- заочный (zaočnyj)describing teaching of students who are not resident at such an institution
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with extramural
Cite this entry
extramural. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extramural
“extramural.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extramural. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “extramural,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extramural.
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