aboveground
adjective
above·ground
ə-ˈbəv-ˌgrau̇nd 
1
: located or occurring on or above the surface of the ground
2
: existing, produced, or published by or within the establishment
aboveground movies
aboveground
adverb
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The officials decided to delay the town’s aboveground reconstruction and instead put all of their efforts into a regional underground school that would accommodate 450 students from 18 nearby hamlets.
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Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2025
Remember that the bulbs will be exposed to aboveground, freezing temperatures.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
Control tactics: Digging up the taproot of dandelion works to control it, but this is especially challenging to do in fall when the aboveground portions of the plant are tiny and hard to spot in the turf.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2025
Extending blast simulation to underground effects The team is extending VC BlastProtect, a 3D city-model simulation first developed under the SIRIUS project, which has modelled aboveground blast waves and the flight of bomb fragments while accounting for surrounding infrastructure.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
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Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2025
Remember that the bulbs will be exposed to aboveground, freezing temperatures.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
Control tactics: Digging up the taproot of dandelion works to control it, but this is especially challenging to do in fall when the aboveground portions of the plant are tiny and hard to spot in the turf.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2025
Extending blast simulation to underground effects The team is extending VC BlastProtect, a 3D city-model simulation first developed under the SIRIUS project, which has modelled aboveground blast waves and the flight of bomb fragments while accounting for surrounding infrastructure.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Aboveground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aboveground. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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aboveground
adjective
above·ground
ə-ˈbəv-ˌgrau̇nd
: located or happening on or above the surface of the ground
an aboveground swimming pool
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