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understages

understages is the plural of understage.

Meaning of understage

Noun

understage (plural understages)

  1. The area beneath a stage.
    • When deep pits, required in the understage for the machinery and traps, cannot be drained on account of insufficient depth of the street sewer1900, William Paul Gerhard, Theatres: Their Safety from Fire and Panic, Their Comfort and Healthfulness, page 97

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Questions about understages

What is understages the plural of?
Understages is the plural of understage.

Words near understages in the dictionary

  1. understaffing
  2. understaffings
  3. understaffs
  4. understage
  5. understaged
  6. understages
  7. understaging
  8. understain
  9. understained
  10. understaining
  11. understains

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Adapted from Wiktionary: understages (page history and authors); understage (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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