English > surface: 10 senses > noun 1, artifactMeaning | The outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary. |
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Examples | - "there is a special cleaner for these surfaces"
- "the cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface"
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Narrower | Klein bottle | A closed surface with only one side |
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Mobius strip | A continuous closed surface with only one side |
bed | The flat surface of a printing press on which the type form is laid in the last stage / stage of producing a newspaper or magazine or book / book etc. |
board, gameboard | A flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games |
face | The striking or working surface of an implement |
ground | (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting |
horizontal surface, level | A flat surface at right angles to a plumb line |
meniscus | (physics) the curved upper surface of a nonturbulent liquid / liquid in a vertical tube |
miter, mitre | The surface of a beveled end of a piece where a miter joint is made |
plaster, plasterwork | A surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling) |
screen, silver screen, projection screen | A white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing |
side | An extended outer surface of an object |
skin | An outer surface (usually thin) |
spandrel, spandril | An approximately triangular surface area between two adjacent arches and the horizontal plane above them |
superficies | Outer surface of an area / area or a body |
tread | The grooved surface of a pneumatic tire |
vertical surface | A surface that is vertical |
work surface | A horizontal surface for supporting objects used in working or playing games / games |
Broader | artifact, artefact | A man-made object taken as a whole |
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Spanish | superfície, superficie |
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Catalan | superfície |
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Verbs | surface | put a coat on |
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English > surface: 10 senses > noun 2, locationMeaning | The extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object. |
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Examples | - "they skimmed over the surface of the water"
- "a brush small enough to clean every dental surface"
- "the sun has no distinct surface"
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Narrower | celestial sphere, sphere, empyrean, firmament, heavens, vault of heaven, welkin | The apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected |
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end | The surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object |
hard palate | The bony part of the roof of the mouth |
inside, interior | The inner or enclosed surface of something |
interface | (chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between two things (two objects or liquids / liquids or chemical phases) |
outside, exterior | The outer side or surface of something |
palate, roof of the mouth | The upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities |
photosphere | The intensely luminous surface of a star (especially the sun) |
side, face | A surface forming part of the outside of an object |
substrate, substratum | A surface on which an organism grows or is attached |
wave front, wavefront | (physics) an imaginary surface joining all points in space that are reached at the same instant by a wave propagating / propagating through a medium |
Broader | boundary, bound, bounds | The line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something |
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Spanish | superficie |
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Catalan | superfície |
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Adjectives | superficial | of, affecting, or being on or near the surface |
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Verbs | surface | come to the surface |
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English > surface: 10 senses > verb 2, contactMeaning | Put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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Synonym | coat |
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Narrower | anodize, anodise | coat / coat a metal with an oxide coat |
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blacktop | coat with blacktop |
bonderize, bonderise | coat with a substance that will prevent corrosion |
brush on | apply with a brush |
cement | Cover or coat with cement |
copper | coat with a layer of copper |
crumb | coat with bread crumbs |
dredge | Cover before cooking |
egg | coat / coat with beaten egg |
encrust, incrust | Cover or coat / coat with a crust |
enrobe | Provide with a coating / coating |
finish | Provide with a finish |
foliate | coat or back with metal foil |
galvanize, galvanise | Cover with zinc |
gelatinize | coat with gelatin |
glaze | coat with a glaze |
grit | Cover with a grit |
macadamize, macadamise, tarmac | surface with macadam |
metal | Cover with metal |
metalize, metallize | coat with metal |
paint | apply paint to |
patinate, patinize, patinise | coat with a patina |
pave | Cover with a material such as stone or concrete to make suitable for vehicle traffic |
plaster, daub | coat with plaster |
plate | coat with a layer of metal |
platinize | coat with metallic platinum |
porcelainize | coat with porcelain or a porcelain-like surface |
refinish | Give a new surface |
render | coat with plastic or cement |
resurface | Cover with a new surface |
rubberize, rubberise, rubber | coat / coat or impregnate with rubber |
size | Cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance) |
skim | coat / coat (a liquid / liquid) with a layer |
skimcoat | coat with a mixture of gypsum and spackle |
soot | coat with soot |
stucco | coat / coat with stucco |
tar | coat with tar |
varnish, seal | Cover with varnish |
zinc | coat or cover with zinc |
Broader | cover | Provide with a covering or cause to be covered |
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Spanish | recubrir |
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Catalan | recobrir |
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Nouns | surface | the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary |
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