understructure
Example Sentences
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When firefighters arrived, they found the man fully underneath the train but not trapped or pinned down by the understructure, Humphrey said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2024
A new understructure for the wall has been built, insulation has been installed, and new sheet rock has been attached.
From Washington Times • Aug. 26, 2017
The 2016 Volt is the first full redesign of the car, including a new understructure, bodyshell, interior, engine, Voltec powertrain, and upgraded battery.
From Forbes • Dec. 31, 2014
When I wrote The Sportswriter, I was writing with a loose understructure that only I knew about and that probably isn’t detectable by the reader.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 25, 2014
It was a half teaspoon of beachsand tilted from somewhere in the understructure of the grocery cart.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
