underside

English

Etymology

Fromunder-+‎side.

Pronunciation

• (US)IPA^(key):/ˈʌndɚsaɪd/

• Audio(US):

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Noun

underside(pluralundersides)

1. The side that is below orunderneath,thebottom.
   • 1944May and June, “Notes and News: Tank Engine Stability”, inRailway Magazine,page185:

     A correspondent suggested that the superior riding qualities of the latter were due to the absence of piston-valve chests above the cylinders, which made it possible to bring theundersideof the water-tanks to a lower level than that of the "Rivers", so minimising the unsteadying effect of water surging in the tanks.

   • 1963March, “The Clacton express electric multiple-units enter service”, inModern Railways,page173:

     [...] and the neat reading lamps on theundersideof the luggage racks, under passenger control, are an attractive feature of the first class compartments.

   • 2016January 23, Michael Emons, “Crystal Palace 1–3 Tottenham”, inBBC Sport‎^[1]:

     The Eagles then hit the woodwork twice in a matter of seconds as Scott Dann headed Jason Puncheon's free-kick against theundersideof the bar, before substitute Mile Jedinak also hit the crossbar with a shot on the turn.

Antonyms

• overside

Translations

side that is underneath

• Bulgarian:долна странаf(dolna strana)
• Chickasaw:nota'
• Danish:underside(da)c
• Esperanto:fundo(eo)
• Finnish:alapuoli(fi)
• German:Unterseite(de)f
• Ingrian:alapooli
• Khalaj:alt,asra,ast
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:undersidemorf

  Nynorsk:undersidef

• Swedish:undersida(sv)c

Anagrams

• undesired

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Fromunder-+‎side.

Noun

undersideform(definite singularundersidaorundersiden,indefinite pluralundersider,definite pluralundersidene)

1. underside

Antonyms

• overside

References

• “underside”inThe Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Fromunder-+‎side.

Noun

undersidef(definite singularundersida,indefinite pluralundersider,definite pluralundersidene)

1. underside

Antonyms

• overside

References

• “underside”inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.