English > surface: 10 senses > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | The outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary. |
|---|
| Examples | - "there is a special cleaner for these surfaces"
- "the cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface"
|
|---|
| Narrower | Klein bottle | A closed surface with only one side |
|---|
| 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 |
|---|
| Spanish | superfície, superficie |
|---|
| Catalan | superfície |
|---|
| Verbs | surface | put a coat on |
|---|
English > surface: 10 senses > noun 2, location| Meaning | The extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object. |
|---|
| Examples | - "they skimmed over the surface of the water"
- "a brush small enough to clean every dental surface"
- "the sun has no distinct surface"
|
|---|
| 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 |
|---|
| 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 |
|---|
| Spanish | superficie |
|---|
| Catalan | superfície |
|---|
| Adjectives | superficial | of, affecting, or being on or near the surface |
|---|
| Verbs | surface | come to the surface |
|---|
English > surface: 10 senses > verb 2, contact| Meaning | Put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface. |
|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
|---|
| Synonym | coat |
|---|
| Narrower | anodize, anodise | coat / coat a metal with an oxide coat |
|---|
| 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 |
|---|
| Spanish | recubrir |
|---|
| Catalan | recobrir |
|---|
| Nouns | surface | the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary |
|---|
