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UNDERSURFACE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does undersurface mean?
• UNDERSURFACE (noun)
The noun UNDERSURFACE has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: UNDERSURFACE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The lower side of anything
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
bottom; underside; undersurface
Hypernyms ("undersurface" is a kind of...):
face; side (a surface forming part of the outside of an object)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "undersurface"):
base (a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit)
bilge (where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom)
heel (the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation)
sole (the underside of footwear or a golf club)
underbelly (lower side)
Context examples
The undersurface of the foot.
(Plantar Region, NCI Thesaurus)
The undersurface of the hand.
(Palmar Region, NCI Thesaurus)
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