underside

un·der·side

the side or surface that is underneath

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underside

noun

The side or surface that is underneath; the bottom side. Also called undersurface .
The side that is less desirable, reputable, or noble than the obverse: “hunger, isolation, filth, the underside of [a] hellish regime” ( National Review )

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Noun

(plural undersides)

The side that is below or underneath, the bottom.

Anagrams

undesired

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The underside of the stiffening girder is 82 ft.
At once, he felt the brush of her soft curls against the underside of his chin and smelled her amber-vanilla.
Dean slammed on his brakes, causing Vinnie to whack his head on the underside of the dash.
He listened for the siren but heard only his Jeep, and twice, the scrapes of his underside as he bottomed out on protruding stone.
Hannah saw nothing but the gilded world around her; she had no idea about the dark underside to the Immortal world.

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