underbelly
/ˈʌn.dɚˌbɛl.i/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.74 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "We identified the species of the snake by its blue-grey underbelly."
- "The soft underbelly of the dragon. In the legend, the dragon's armor doesn't cover its stomach."
- "The biologist and his team were greeted by a nonstop squid review, with Humboldt squid darting in toward the boat and flashing their underbellies in attempts to lure small schooling fish near the surface."
- "A jolt told me that the Nautilus had bumped the underbelly of the Ice Bank, still quite thick to judge from the hollowness of the accompanying noise."
- "The area by the canal is the underbelly of town – not something you’d see in the guidebooks."
- "In order to take the initiative, military leaders from Great Britain and the United States decided to attack in Africa, cross the Mediterranean, and move up against the "soft underbelly" of German-dominated Europe."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈʌn.dɚˌbɛl.i/
- British English: /ˈʌn.dəˌbɛl.i/