
Word: Surface
How to pronounce: ˈsɜːfɪs
Noun
Definitions:
1. The outside part or uppermost layer of something (often used when describing its texture, form, or extent)
Example sentences: "The earth's surface"
2. A continuous set of points that has length and breadth but no thickness.
Example sentences: "Among closed surfaces, spherical, flat, and hyperbolic geometry are mutually exclusive."
Adjective
Definitions:
1. Relating to or occurring on the upper or outer part of something.
Example sentences: "Surface workers at the copper mines"
Verb
Definitions:
1. Rise or come up to the surface of the water or the ground.
Example sentences: "He surfaced from his dive"
2. Provide (something, especially a road) with a particular upper or outer layer.
Example sentences: "A small path surfaced with terra-cotta tiles"
Synonyms:
surface area
plane
outermost surface
superficies
mounting surface
ground
area
face
above water
superficial
coating
coat
skin
shell
veneer
crop up
emerge
arise
resurface
superficially
shallow
interfacial
outside
Antonyms:
deep
internal
inner
Derivations:
surfacing
surfaced
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Surface in Other Languages...
Spanish: Superficie
German: Oberfläche
French: Surface
Italian: Superficie
Turkish: Yüzeyli