Word

surface, n.
(surfaces)
freq. cnt. 142

the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 90 freq. cnt.: 90

surface

sample sentences

"there is a special cleaner for these surfaces"
"the cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

surface

semantic pointers

hypernym

artifact, artefact

hyponym

bed board, gameboard face ground level, horizontal surface Klein bottle meniscus miter, mitre Mobius strip plaster, plasterwork screen, silver screen, projection screen side skin spandrel, spandril superficies tread vertical surface work surface

the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object
<noun.location> freq. cnt.: 36 freq. cnt.: 36

surface

sample sentences

"they skimmed over the surface of the water"
"a brush small enough to clean every dental surface"
"the sun has no distinct surface"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

surface

semantic pointers

hyponym

interface hard palate roof of the mouth, palate side, face heavens, celestial sphere, sphere, empyrean, firmament, vault of heaven, welkin end inside, interior outside, exterior substrate, substratum wave front, wavefront photosphere

hypernym

boundary, bounds, bound

the outermost level of the land or sea
<noun.object> freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 11

Earth's surface surface

sample sentences

"earthquakes originate far below the surface"
"three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

surficial surface

semantic pointers

hypernym

layer

part meronym

water, body of water opening, gap

hyponym

floor floor

part holonym

lithosphere, geosphere

a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

surface

sample sentences

"it was not what it appeared to be on the surface"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

surface

semantic pointers

hypernym

aspect, facet

information that has become public
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

open surface

sample sentences

"all the reports were out in the open"
"the facts had been brought to the surface"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

surface

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

open open

semantic pointers

hypernym

public knowledge, general knowledge

a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight
<noun.artifact>

aerofoil airfoil control surface surface

semantic pointers

hyponym

aileron elevator flap, flaps horizontal stabilizer, horizontal stabiliser, tailplane rotor blade, rotary wing rudder spoiler spoiler stabilizer vertical tail wing

hypernym

device

part meronym

leading edge trailing edge