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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
underneath/ʌndəˈniːθ/

▶preposition & adverb

1 situated directly below.

2 so as to be concealed by.
■ partly or wholly concealed by (a garment).

▶noun the part or side facing towards the ground; the underside.

– origin OE underneothan; cf. beneath.

'underneath' also found in these Oxford entries:

bed joint - beneath - burrow - ecchymosis - hawk - hydrofoil - macfarlane - missionary position - peltate - place mat - pouch - shed - skeg - starfish - subglacial - subjacent - suppository - thimblerig - undergird - whitebeam - white poplar

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