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/ˈsɜː.fɪs/ · noun
The overside or upside of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid..
A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away,[…].
Use the lowest light level required. Be mindful of surface conditions, as some surfaces may reflect more light into the night sky than was intended.
Of all the transitions brought about on the Earth’s surface by temperature change, the melting of ice into water is the starkest. It is binary. And for the land beneath, the air above and the life around, it changes everything.
[The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across.
On the surface, the spy looked like a typical businessman.
Such characters as have nothing but external accompliſhments to recommend them, may indeed be greatly admired and approved by vain and weak underſtandings, which penetrate no deeper than the ſurface; but they are deſpiſed by all the truly ſenſible, and pitied by all the truly good.
“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable,[…].
The surface is clearly about people like you and me, those whose better days are behind us and who now shop at M&S.
Use surface when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Surface means The overside or upside of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid..
Common synonyms include overside, superfice, superficial, open.
Possible antonyms include overhead, subsurface.
A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away,[…].
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