undercast

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noun

An unbroken or nearly unbroken cloud layer below the point of observation.

“Undercast is common on Mount Washington.”

Opposite
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Meanings

nounundercast (countable and uncountable, plural undercasts)

plural undercasts

  1. countableuncountableclimatologyAn unbroken or nearly unbroken cloud layer below the point of observation.

    Undercast is common on Mount Washington.

    Antonyms: overcast

  2. countableuncountablebusinessAn air-passage crossing a road in a mine by means of an airtight box or channel beneath it.
verbundercast (third-person singular simple present undercasts, present participle undercasting, simple past and past participle undercast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) undercasted)

present singular third person undercasts · participle present undercasting · common error unknown tag participle past proscribed sometimes undercasted · common error unknown tag past proscribed sometimes undercasted

  1. To allocate the parts in (a play or film) to insufficiently skilled actors.
  2. To throw under or beneath.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn unbroken or nearly unbroken cloud layer below the point of observation.

Opposite

Origin

  1. Middle Englishundercasten
  2. Englishundercast

From Middle English undercasten, equivalent to under- + cast.

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APA

undercast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undercast

MLA

“undercast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undercast. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undercast,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undercast.

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