underhung
Collocations
4ADJ.
many
VERB + UNDERHUNG
trick
UNDERHUNG + NOUN
crosshead, men
PREP.
with
Definitions
adj
Hung or suspended from above.
Slidebars of the three-bar type are provided in conjunction with an underhung crosshead.
Having the lower jaw projecting.
[H]e was marked with small-pox, had large features, high cheek-bones, deeply set eyes, and a very long chin; and had got the trick which many underhung men have of compressing the upper lip.
His jaw was underhung, and when he laughed, two white buck-teeth protruded themselves and glistened savagely in the midst of the grin.
Of a sliding door: resting on a track at the bottom, instead of being suspended.
Usually, [railroad] car doors slide on the top door-track, being then termed overhung doors; the underhung door being one supported and sliding on a rail below the door.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — having a lower part projecting beyond the upper
- undershot
- underslung
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
3Slidebars of the three-bar type are provided in conjunction with an underhung crosshead.
Wiktionary[H]e was marked with small-pox, had large features, high cheek-bones, deeply set eyes, and a very long chin; and had got the trick which many underhung men have of compressing the upper lip.
WiktionaryHis jaw was underhung, and when he laughed, two white buck-teeth protruded themselves and glistened savagely in the midst of the grin.
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