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undersky

undersky noun: the lower region of the sky.

Noun

undersky (plural underskies)

  1. The lower region of the sky.
    • [A]t first to the ear / The warble was low, and full and clear; / And floating about the under-sky, […]1842, Alfred Tennyson, “The Dying Swan”, in Poems. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 54

Forms of undersky

pluralunderskies

Origin of undersky

From under- + sky.

Questions about undersky

What does undersky mean?
Undersky means the lower region of the sky.
What part of speech is undersky?
Undersky is a noun.
What is the plural of undersky?
The plural of undersky is underskies.

Words near undersky in the dictionary

  1. underskinker
  2. underskinkers
  3. underskins
  4. underskirt
  5. underskirts
  6. undersky
  7. undersleep
  8. undersleeping
  9. undersleeps
  10. undersleeve
  11. undersleeves

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