Underwood

nounproper nounattested in dialogue

//ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌwʊd//

A typewriter made by the Underwood Typewriter Company.

noun

1
A typewriter made by the Underwood Typewriter Company.

Etymology

The name is from England or Scotland, and from Middle English. The surname is sometimes habitational, used by someone who lived in any of several places of the same name. Otherwise it is topographic, referring to someone who lived near a wood. The common noun comes from the name of the manufacturer, after John T. Underwood, one of its founders.

proper noun

1
A surname from Middle English.
2
A suburb of Plympton, City of Plymouth, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5356).
3
A village in Selston parish, Ashfield district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK4750).
4
A settlement in Bishton community, City of Newport, Wales (OS grid ref ST3889).
5
A hamlet in Hook community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9812).
6
A community in the city of Markham, Rural Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada.
7
A village in Kincardine municipality, Bruce County, Ontario.
8
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Monroe township, Clark County, Indiana.
9
A number of places in the United States: A town in Norwalk Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa.
10
A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Otter Tail County, Minnesota.
11
A number of places in the United States: A township in Redwood County, Minnesota.
12
A number of places in the United States: A hamlet in the town of North Hudson, Essex County, New York.
13
A number of places in the United States: A minor city in McLean County, North Dakota.
14
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Skamania County, Washington.
15
A suburb of the City of Logan, south-east Queensland, Australia.
16
A rural locality in the City of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.

Forms

plural: Underwoods

underway · In motion, in progress; being done or carried out; on a…underwear · Clothes worn next to the skin, underneath outer clothing.underwood · Underbrush, undergrowth.

Underwood · A typewriter made by the Underwood Typewriter Company.

underworld · The world of the dead, located underneath the world of the…undo · To reverse the effects of an action.undone · Not done.

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