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underprints

underprints is the plural of underprint.

Meaning of underprint

Noun

underprint (plural underprints)

  1. Printing underneath the main design of a stamp, intended to prevent forgery or removal of the postmark.
  2. (considered incorrect usage) a logo or advertising printed on the underside of a stamp; backprint.
  3. A fossilised print in the rock bed that is at a deeper level than the track the creature leaving it was actually travelling on; caused by the pressure of a heavy animal or penetration of the sediment by a pointed appendage.

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Questions about underprints

What is underprints the plural of?
Underprints is the plural of underprint.

Words near underprints in the dictionary

  1. underpricing
  2. underpricings
  3. underpriest
  4. underpriests
  5. underprint
  6. underprints
  7. underprioritised
  8. underprioritize
  9. underprioritized
  10. underprioritizes
  11. underprioritizing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: underprints (page history and authors); underprint (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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