Link Centre Dictionary

underwood

un·der·wood

UK/ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌwʊd/ US/ˈʌndɜrˌwʊd/ uncommon

noun

1.

the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest

Origin

The name is from England or Scotland, and from Middle English. The surname is sometimes habitational, used by someone who lived in any of several places of the same name. Otherwise it is topographic, referring to someone who lived near a wood. The common noun comes from the name of the manufacturer, after John T. Underwood, one of its founders.

Phrases

  • Grafton Underwood
  • Grendon Underwood
  • Underwood's septa
  • Weston Underwood
  • Wotton Underwood

Related words

Broader terms

Narrower terms

Parts

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.