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underfloor

underfloor adjective: located beneath the floor.

Adjective

underfloor (not comparable)

  1. Located beneath the floor.
    • The ride quality is pure HST - you have a smoother ride than on any underfloor DMU, aided by less intrusive noise. Sitting at the end of the coaches (and thus over the bogies) is obviously that bit bouncier, but in the centre of the trailer cars it's lovely - and much better than so many new trains...2019 October 23, Pip Dunn, “The next king of Scotland”, in Rail, page 54

Noun

underfloor (plural underfloors)

  1. A layer of flooring beneath the main floor surface.
    Synonyms:
    subfloor

Synonyms of underfloor

Forms of underfloor

pluralunderfloors

Origin of underfloor

From under- + floor.

Words formed from underfloor

Questions about underfloor

What does underfloor mean?
Underfloor means located beneath the floor.
What part of speech is underfloor?
Underfloor can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near underfloor in the dictionary

  1. underflavour
  2. underflavours
  3. underfleshed
  4. underflip
  5. underflips
  6. underfloor
  7. underfloor heating
  8. underflooring
  9. underfloorings
  10. underfloors
  11. underflow

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