Dictionary Entry
surface
surface is a 7-letter English word with 16 senses as noun, transitive verb, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, the surface of the earth; the surface of a diamond; the surface of the body. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 16 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, the surface of the earth; the surface of a diamond; the surface of the body.
- 2noun
Hence, outward or external appearance.
- 3noun
A magnitude that has length and breadth without thickness; superficies; as, a plane surface; a spherical surface.
- 4noun
That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion.
- 5transitive verb
To give a surface to; especially, to cause to have a smooth or plain surface; to make smooth or plain.
- 6transitive verb
To work over the surface or soil of, as ground, in hunting for gold.
- 7noun
a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight
- 8noun
the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary
"there is a special cleaner for these surfaces"
"the cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface"
- 9noun
information that has become public
"all the reports were out in the open"
"the facts had been brought to the surface"
Synonyms
- 10noun
a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something
"it was not what it appeared to be on the surface"
- 11noun
the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object
"they skimmed over the surface of the water"
"a brush small enough to clean every dental surface"
- 12noun
the outermost level of the land or sea
"earthquakes originate far below the surface"
"three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water"
- 13verb
appear or become visible; make a showing
"She turned up at the funeral"
"I hope the list key is going to surface again"
- 14verb
put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface
"coat the cake with chocolate"
Synonyms
- 15verb
come to the surface
Synonyms
- 16adjective
on the surface
"surface materials of the moon"
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