Synonyms for underbelly

Grammar : Noun

Spell : uhn-der-bel-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈʌn dərˌbɛl i

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Définition of underbelly

Origin : c.1600, from under + belly (n.). In figurative sense of "most vulnerable part" it is recorded from Churchill's 1942 speech. Sometimes used erroneously in sense of "seamy or sordid part" of anything.

As in : noun weak point
As in bottom : noun foundation
As in undersurface : noun bottom

Example sentences :

Goode was peering at the ivory inlay on the underbelly of the stock.
Extract from : « Murder in the Gunroom » by Henry Beam Piper

The scout ship responded like a nervous horse and fluttered away as the rocket burned and arced beneath the underbelly.
Extract from : « The Sex Life of the Gods » by Michael Knerr

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