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underwood
CEFRC1
/ˈʌndəˌrwʊd/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
Small trees and plants growing beneath taller forest trees.
- 02
noun
Extra detailA surname from Middle English.
Examples
The hikers walked through the dense underwood of the forest.
This is Carrie Underwood's latest album.
At a glance
Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 4
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 4
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsA typewriter made by the Underwood Typewriter Company.
Underbrush, undergrowth.
More examples
In context1670, John Evelyn, Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-Trees and the Propagation of Timber, London, Chapter 3, Of the Oak, pp. 16-17, What improvement the stirring of the ground about the roots of Oaks is to the Trees I have already hinted; and yet in Copses wher...
‘Accordingly I hid myself in some thick underwood, determining to devote the ensuing hours to reflection on my situation.’
[…] the Country near the Sea-side, and some few Miles further is full of short Under-wood, and thorny Shrubs, which tore our Cloaths to Rags […]
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Origin
noun
From under- + wood.