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
The stewards found the skid plank on the underside of Hamilton’s car had worn 0.5mm beneath the 9mm limit, a tiny amount but a breach of F1’s technical regulations.
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Luke Smith, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
One that has stayed with me was the 1989 collapse of the underside of elevated FDR Drive at E. 20th St. killing a dentist from Brooklyn driving his car below.
—Sam Schwartz, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2025
These nails would have studded the underside of leather Roman military shoes, the museum said.
—Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025
My go-tos are these cute little stars that have a hydrocolloid formula on the underside that helps heal pimples quickly.
—Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 25 Mar. 2025
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Luke Smith, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
One that has stayed with me was the 1989 collapse of the underside of elevated FDR Drive at E. 20th St. killing a dentist from Brooklyn driving his car below.
—Sam Schwartz, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2025
These nails would have studded the underside of leather Roman military shoes, the museum said.
—Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025
My go-tos are these cute little stars that have a hydrocolloid formula on the underside that helps heal pimples quickly.
—Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 25 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for underside
Recent Examples of Synonyms for underside
bottom
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There’s a camera grip that also attaches to the bottom of the case to turn the whole setup into something resembling a camera.—
Ben Sin,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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So City essentially had three stacks of two — Bernardo and Kovacic at the bottom with Grealish and Lewis in front of them, forming a square or box.—
Sam Lee,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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“Underside.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underside. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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