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underlayment

un·der·lay·ment
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [uhn-der-ley-muh nt]
    • /ˌʌn dərˈleɪ mənt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [uhn-der-ley-muh nt]
    • /ˌʌn dərˈleɪ mənt/

Definitions of underlayment word

  • noun underlayment material laid between a subfloor and a finish floor of linoleum, asphalt tile, etc. 1
  • noun underlayment a lower layer as under carpet or roofing tiles 0
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Origin of underlayment

First appearance:

before 1945
One of the 6% newest English words
First recorded in 1945-50; underlay + -ment

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Underlayment

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Underlayment

underlayment popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

underlayment usage trend in Literature

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