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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
underneath
/ʌndəˈniθ/
adverb1 of 3
below or beneath something; under
- “The adult tooth underneath pushed out the loose baby tooth.”Tatoeba
- “The piece of glass underneath my skin was painful.”Tatoeba
Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.
noun2 of 3
The lower surface or part of something.
adjective3 of 3
Under, lower.
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)