as in bottom
the side or part facing downward from something
the underside of the cat's coat is pure white
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Recent Examples of underside
Clearly, there was a dark, nihilistic underside to the culture.
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Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
There was blood on the underside of a barstool.
—Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Oct. 2025
Hours earlier, Tijuana police reported that a man had found a GPS tracker and three packages of drugs wrapped in black tape secured to the underside of his Ford Focus.
—Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2025
Unlike the Oakley Meta HSTN glasses, the new model contains a button on the underside of its frames so that athletes who wear helmets can more easily capture photos and videos.
—Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
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Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
There was blood on the underside of a barstool.
—Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Oct. 2025
Hours earlier, Tijuana police reported that a man had found a GPS tracker and three packages of drugs wrapped in black tape secured to the underside of his Ford Focus.
—Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2025
Unlike the Oakley Meta HSTN glasses, the new model contains a button on the underside of its frames so that athletes who wear helmets can more easily capture photos and videos.
—Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for underside
Recent Examples of Synonyms for underside
bottom
Noun
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Her statement-making look featured a sleeveless shirt covered in oversize paillettes that bled into blues on the bottom.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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As per usual, her shiny blond ends hugged the bottom of her ears, not a long strand in sight.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Underside.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underside. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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