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underwood

/ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌwʊd/

underwood noun: underbrush, undergrowth.

Noun (1)

underwood (countable and uncountable, plural underwoods)

  1. Underbrush, undergrowth.
    • What improvement the stirring of the ground about the roots of Oaks is to the Trees I have already hinted; and yet in Copses where they stand warm, and so thickn’d with the under wood, as this culture cannot be practis’d, they prove in time to be goodly Trees.1670, John Evelyn, Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-Trees and the Propagation of Timber, London, Chapter 3, Of the Oak, pp. 16-17
    • […] the Country near the Sea-side, and some few Miles further is full of short Under-wood, and thorny Shrubs, which tore our Cloaths to Rags […]1743, Robert Drury, The Pleasant, and Surprizing Adventures of Mr. Robert Drury, during his Fifteen Years Captivity on the Island of Madagascar, London, page 30

Noun (2) capitalized: Underwood

Underwood (plural Underwoods)

  1. A typewriter made by the Underwood Typewriter Company.

Proper noun capitalized: Underwood

Underwood

  1. A surname from Middle English.
  2. A suburb of Plympton, City of Plymouth, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5356).
  3. A village in Selston parish, Ashfield district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK4750).
  4. A settlement in Bishton community, City of Newport, Wales (OS grid ref ST3889).
  5. A hamlet in Hook community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9812).
  6. A community in the city of Markham, Rural Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada.
  7. A village in Kincardine municipality, Bruce County, Ontario.
  8. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Monroe township, Clark County, Indiana.
  9. A town in Norwalk Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa.
  10. A minor city in Otter Tail County, Minnesota.
  11. A township in Redwood County, Minnesota.
  12. A hamlet in the town of North Hudson, Essex County, New York.
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  1. A minor city in McLean County, North Dakota.
  2. An unincorporated community in Skamania County, Washington.
  3. A suburb of the City of Logan, south-east Queensland, Australia.
  4. A rural locality in the City of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.

underwood meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

underwood in Hindi

अंडरवुड

underwood in Tamil

பற்றை, புதர்க்காடு, உள்கட்டை, பெருந்தூறு, குறுங்காடு

underwood in Urdu

جڑی بوٹیاں, زیرجنگل

underwood in Bengali

আন্ডারউড
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underwood in Telugu
అండర్ వుడ్, అండర్వుడ్
underwood in Kannada
ಅಂಡರ್ವುಡ್, ಅಂಡರ್ ವುಡ್
underwood in Punjabi
ਅੰਡਰਵੁੱਡ
underwood in Gujarati
અંડરવુડ, અન્ડરવુડ, અન્ડરરવુડ
underwood in Odia
ଅଣ୍ଡରଉଡ୍, ଅଣ୍ଡରୱୁଡ୍, ଅଣ୍ଡରଉଡ଼୍
underwood in Nepali
अन्डरवुड, अण्डरवुड, अन्डर्वुड

Examples of underwood in a sentence

  • ‘Accordingly I hid myself in some thick underwood, determining to devote the ensuing hours to reflection on my situation.’1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume (please specify |volume=I...
  • But tenants may cut underwood, and take wood sufficient to repair the pales, hedges, and fences, and what is called by law plough-bote, fire-bote, and other house-bote.1825, Laws relating to landlords, tenants, and lodgers - Volume 7, page 17:

Forms of underwood

pluralunderwoods
pluralUnderwoods

Plural of underwood: underwoods

Origin of underwood

From under- + wood.

The name is from England or Scotland, and from Middle English. The surname is sometimes habitational, used by someone who lived in any of several places of the same name. Otherwise it is topographic, referring to someone who lived near a wood. The common noun comes from the name of the manufacturer, after John T. Underwood, one of its founders.

Words formed from underwood

Words that rhyme with underwood

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Questions about underwood

What does underwood mean?
Underwood means underbrush, undergrowth.
What is underwood in Hindi?
Underwood in Hindi is अंडरवुड. See Underwood meaning in Hindi.
How do you use underwood in a sentence?
‘Accordingly I hid myself in some thick underwood, determining to devote the ensuing hours to reflection on my situation.’
What part of speech is underwood?
Underwood can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce underwood?
Underwood is pronounced /ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌwʊd/.
What is the plural of underwood?
The plural of underwood is underwoods.

Words near underwood in the dictionary

  1. underwithholds
  2. underwits
  3. underwitted
  4. underwomaned
  5. underwomanned
  6. underwood
  7. Underwood's septa
  8. underwooded
  9. underwoods
  10. underwool
  11. underwools

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Adapted from Wiktionary: underwood (page history and authors); Underwood (page history and authors); underwood (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); underwood (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); underwood (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); underwood (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); underwood (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); underwood (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); underwood (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); underwood (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); underwood (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); underwood (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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