Aboveground

Word ABOVEGROUND
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Definitions and meanings of "Aboveground"

What do we mean by aboveground?

Situated or taking place on or above the surface of the ground. adjective

Operating or existing within the establishment; conventional. adjective

Above the surface of the ground. adjective

Above the surface. adjective

Not dead and buried; alive. adjective

Existing, produced, or published by or within the establishment. adjective

The portion of society that is not underground. noun

On or above the surface of the ground adjective

Alternative spelling of above ground

Synonyms and Antonyms for Aboveground

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The word "aboveground" in example sentences

You can get from the subway to the Manulife center without going aboveground, which is great when it rains. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Evapotranspiration and albedo may be affected by ecosystem properties such as aboveground biomass or leaf area index ❋ Jeremy Lundholm Et Al. (2010)

Lexicon defines "aboveground" extremist groups as those whose members "operate overtly and portray themselves as law-abiding," even though they are really part of the conspiracy to topple the republic. ❋ Unknown (2009)

What lay behind the WU trajectory, however, was not merely frustration with the shortcomings of the "aboveground" movement, or long-term strategic thinking. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The subway goes aboveground, and New York in all its drabness slides past the window. ❋ T.J. Forrester (2011)

While much of the city lay within and beneath the surrounding mountain range, this section had been constructed aboveground, reminding Shar of his childhood home. ❋ Dayton Ward (2011)

Can the historian the artist or intellectual in general lead this kind of second life, vulnerable to critique by traditional moralizers--as long as it doesn't interfere with his dispassionate researches aboveground, so to speak? ❋ Anis Shivani (2011)

I think, from a lifetime of being involved in real estate ventures, that we'll be lucky to see it happen in our lifetimes .... and this is assuming we'll hang out aboveground for more than ten more years. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Instead of using aboveground ponds to grow algae for biofuels, researchers at the Missouri University of Science and Technology have proposed growing algae underground in abandoned mines. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Underground mines are cheap, maintain constant temperature, solve the aboveground evaporation and contamination problems, and the site preparation has already been done by the mining companies. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In the Archaic period, pit houses, which took advantage of passive solar sites, were warmer in winter and cooler in summer than aboveground structures. ❋ Annie Proulx (2011)

Impatient to get back aboveground and deal with Telly, it was hard to keep still. ❋ J.F. Lewis (2011)

The mortuary had cleared the snow from the grave, and the casket lay aboveground for our makeshift ceremony. ❋ Richard Paul Evans (2011)

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