aboveground
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3.5
- adjective
- /əˈbʌvˌɡraʊnd/
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- Additionally, wastewater treatment plants generally use both underground and aboveground storage tanks to store process materials and wastes on-site.
- aboveground diversity
- aboveground biomass
- aboveground plants
Examples
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There was an aboveground diesel storage tank in the yard, which has since been removed.
Academic text (2003) -
Functioning sought to address such questions about relationships between aboveground and belowground diversity.
Academic text (2000) -
Feedback through these mechanisms could influence the diversity of aboveground communities, although evidence for such feedback is mixed.
Academic text (2000) -
Most of the ride through the Bronx is aboveground, taking him over the rough topography of his childhood.
Fiction book (1997) -
Dow's chemicals were pumped from rail cars into several aboveground storage tanks.
Academic text (2003) -
Prior to installation, the FRP sheets were cut to a predetermined length in an aboveground staging area.
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In soils, termites, earthworms, and ants are ecosystem engineers that may have important aboveground consequences.
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The kids liked playing in the aboveground pool during the hot summer days.
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They built an aboveground garden to make it easier to access the vegetables.
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The aboveground train service connects the city without disturbing the wildlife below.
Synonyms
Above the ground, not underground, like trains or stations
Antonyms
How Exposed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Aboveground is made from the simple parts above ('over') and ground ('the surface of the earth'). So it describes something found on or over the ground, not under it.