underhill

U1N1D2E1R1H4I1L1L1

adjective

(of a road, track or other path) passing along the foot of a hill.

“There's an underhill lane you can walk along there.”

Less commonScrabble 13
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

underhill1

adjectiveunderhill (comparative more underhill, superlative most underhill)

comparative more underhill · superlative most underhill

  1. Sussex(of a road, track or other path) passing along the foot of a hill.

    There's an underhill lane you can walk along there.

Underhill2

proper nounUnderhill (countable and uncountable, plural Underhills)

plural Underhills

  1. countableuncountableA surname.
  2. countableuncountableA town in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States.
  3. countableuncountableA town in Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States.
  4. countableuncountableA neighbourhood of Barnet, borough of Barnet, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2595).
  5. countableuncountableA hamlet in East Knoyle parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8730).

Origin

underhill · adjective

From under- + hill.

Full word history & related roots →

Underhill · proper noun

From under + hill, a topographic surname for someone who lived at the foot of a hill.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

underhill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underhill

MLA

“underhill.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underhill. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underhill,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underhill.

Source: underhill on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.