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underside

UK/ˈʌndəˌsaɪd//ˈʌndɚˌsaɪd/

underside noun: the side that is below or underneath, the bottom.

Noun

underside (plural undersides)

  1. The side that is below or underneath, the bottom.
    • 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 the underside of the water-tanks to a lower level than that of the "Rivers", so minimising the unsteadying effect of water...1944 May and June, “Notes and News: Tank Engine Stability”, in Railway Magazine, page 185
    • [...] and the neat reading lamps on the underside of the luggage racks, under passenger control, are an attractive feature of the first class compartments.1963 March, “The Clacton express electric multiple-units enter service”, in Modern Railways, page 173

underside meaning in Telugu and Kannada

underside in Telugu

underside
దిగువ diguva

underside in Kannada

ಒಳಭಾಗ, ಕೆಳಭಾಗ, ಅಡಿಮಯ್

Examples of underside in a sentence

  • The first lyre may have been made by drawing strings over the underside of a tortoise shell.
  • Next, cut stopped dadoes in the shelf and the underside of the top for the vertical dividers.
  • I went out to that car and I did a number on its underside.

All 36 example sentences with underside

Antonyms of underside

Forms of underside

pluralundersides

Plural of underside: undersides

Origin of underside

From under- + side.

Questions about underside

What does underside mean?
Underside means the side that is below or underneath, the bottom.
What is underside in Telugu?
Underside in Telugu is దిగువ (diguva). See Underside meaning in Telugu.
What part of speech is underside?
Underside is a noun.
How do you pronounce underside?
Underside is pronounced /ˈʌndəˌsaɪd/ (UK).
What is the plural of underside?
The plural of underside is undersides.

Words near underside in the dictionary

  1. undershrubs
  2. undershunter
  3. undershunters
  4. undershut
  5. undersialylated
  6. underside
  7. undersides
  8. undersight
  9. undersighted
  10. undersighting
  11. undersights

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: underside (page history and authors); దిగువ (Telugu) (page history and authors); underside (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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