underseal

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noun

A thick, resilient coating applied to the underbody or chassis of an automobile to protect against damage from small stones, etc, which would rapidly chip ordinary paint and allowing rusting to begin.

Similar
undercoat
OriginEnglish seal ← Middle English sel ← Anglo-Norman see →
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Meanings

noununderseal (plural underseals)

plural underseals

  1. A thick, resilient coating applied to the underbody or chassis of an automobile to protect against damage from small stones, etc, which would rapidly chip ordinary paint and allowing rusting to begin.
verbunderseal (third-person singular simple present underseals, present participle undersealing, simple past and past participle undersealed)

present singular third person underseals · participle present undersealing · participle past undersealed · past undersealed

  1. transitiveTo coat (the underbody or chassis of a vehicle) with underseal.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounseal consisting of a coating of a tar or rubberlike material on the underside of a motor vehicle to retard corrosion

Similar
undercoat
Broader
seal
Also see
undercoat

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
  7. Proto-Germanic*under
  8. Proto-West Germanic*undar
  9. Old Englishunder-
  10. Middle Englishunder-
  11. Englishunder-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*sek-?
  13. Proto-Italic*segnom
  14. Latinsignum
  15. Latinsigillum
  16. Anglo-Normansee
  17. Middle Englishsel
  18. Englishseal
  19. Englishunderseal

From under- + seal.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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