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underhill

underhill adjective: (of a road, track or other path) passing along the foot of a hill.

Adjective

underhill (comparative more underhill, superlative most underhill)

  1. (Sussex) (of a road, track or other path) passing along the foot of a hill.
    • There's an underhill lane you can walk along there.

Proper noun capitalized: Underhill

Underhill (countable and uncountable, plural Underhills)

  1. A surname.
  2. A town in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States.
  3. A town in Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States.
  4. A neighbourhood of Barnet, borough of Barnet, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2595).
  5. A hamlet in East Knoyle parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8730).

Forms of underhill

Adjective
comparativemore underhill
superlativemost underhill
Proper noun
pluralUnderhills

Origin of underhill

From under- + hill.

From under + hill, a topographic surname for someone who lived at the foot of a hill.

Words formed from underhill

Questions about underhill

What does underhill mean?
Underhill means (of a road, track or other path) passing along the foot of a hill.
What part of speech is underhill?
Underhill can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near underhill in the dictionary

  1. underheating
  2. underheats
  3. underhedged
  4. underhedging
  5. underheld
  6. underhill
  7. Underhill Center
  8. Underhills
  9. underhint
  10. underhints
  11. underhit

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