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UNDERSURFACE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does undersurface mean? 

UNDERSURFACE (noun)
  The noun UNDERSURFACE has 1 sense:

1. the lower side of anythingplay

  Familiarity information: UNDERSURFACE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UNDERSURFACE (noun)


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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