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aboveground
adjective above·ground \ə-ˈbəv-ˌgrau̇nd\
: located or occurring above the ground
Full Definition of ABOVEGROUND
1
: located or occurring on or above the surface of the ground
2
: existing, produced, or published by or within the establishment <aboveground movies>
— aboveground adverb
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First Known Use of ABOVEGROUND
1878
Rhymes with ABOVEGROUND
Afghan hound, all-around, battleground, been around, belowground, bottom round, breeding ground, bring around, cast around, common ground, decompound, dumping ground, end around, fool around, get around, go around, hang around, horse around, in the round, jerk around, kick around, mess around, middle ground, muscle-bound, Norton Sound, off the ground, on background, on the ground, outward-bound, paperbound, perfect-bound, proving ground, push around, quarter-bound, runaround, screw around, shootaround, sleep around, spiral-bound, staging ground, stand one's ground, steamship round, stick around, stomping ground, surround sound, turnaround, turn around, ultrasound, underground, weather-bound, work-around, wraparound
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