as in underside
the side or part facing downward from something
the underbody of the car was starting to rust
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Recent Examples of underbody
For maximum efficiency, the underbody features a flat plate, and inlets push hot air away from the car while the parabolic line along the side directs airflow toward the rear diffuser.
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Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 7 May 2025
The new system will help engineers look for ways to improve the aerodynamics, not just on the top and sides of vehicles but also with a focus on the underbody.
—Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 24 Oct. 2024
Tesla has pioneered large-scale casting machines, Giga Presses, to create massive single-piece front and rear underbodies for its vehicles.
—Raghunandan Gurumurthy, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
The underbody is sculpted to channel the air, similar to a Formula 1 car—Lotus did pioneer the use of ground effect in the sport in the 1970s, after all.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 17 Sep. 2024
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Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 7 May 2025
The new system will help engineers look for ways to improve the aerodynamics, not just on the top and sides of vehicles but also with a focus on the underbody.
—Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 24 Oct. 2024
Tesla has pioneered large-scale casting machines, Giga Presses, to create massive single-piece front and rear underbodies for its vehicles.
—Raghunandan Gurumurthy, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
The underbody is sculpted to channel the air, similar to a Formula 1 car—Lotus did pioneer the use of ground effect in the sport in the 1970s, after all.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 17 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underbody
Noun
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Clearly, there was a dark, nihilistic underside to the culture.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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There was blood on the underside of a barstool.—
Keith Sharon,
Nashville Tennessean,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In the second game of the series, Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched a no-hitter until his last batter, Jackson Holiday, hit a home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth.—
Nelson Espinal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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The pastel hues are broken up at the bottom of this pair with burgundy rubber below the shoe’s signature Abzorb SBS cushioning pods.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Underbody.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underbody. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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