underdraft
underdraft is the alternative form of underdraught.
Meaning of underdraught
Noun
underdraught (countable and uncountable, plural underdraughts)
- A draught of air from underneath.
- I noticed, too, that small radiating walls had been built out from the central mass, on which, allowing full underdraught, had been laid the outside coating of the central pyre, in shape of fagots and lighter fuel.1887, The Cornhill Magazine, volume 9, page 158
- The situation where part of a formed or cast shape has a reverse taper or inward‑leaning surface that makes it difficult to remove from the die or mold.
Forms of underdraft
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Origin of underdraft
From under- + draft.
Questions about underdraft
- What is underdraft the alternative form of?
- Underdraft is the alternative form of underdraught.
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