More than once during the years that I had lived with him in Baker Street I had observed that a small vanity underlay my companion's quiet and didactic manner.
Source: tatoeba (6373693)
Underlay
/ʌndəɹˈleɪ/
Synonyms for "underlay" (19 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Noun(4 words)
Strong matches (6)
Noun(5 words)
Related words (9)
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More general
23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
More specific
12 entriesacoustic underlayassumptioncarpet underlaycopper underlayempirical basisfelt underlayfiber underlayfoam underlaypremiserubber underlaytheoretical basistheory
Collocations
10 entriesacoustic underlaycarpet underlaycork underlayfloor underlayfoam underlayinsulation underlayrubber underlaystructural underlayunderlay materialunderlayment material
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
2 entriesSample sentences
4 total sentences available.
When I took up the old carpet, I wasn't surprised to find that the underlay had perished.
Source: tatoeba (11559482)
to underlay a cut, plate, or the like, for printing
Source: wiktionary
The underlay in bar 3 is unclear in Handel's manuscript.
Source: wiktionary