surfaces

NOUN

external part of something

Synonyms

STRONGEST

area expanse exterior facade face façade level side skin top

STRONG

cover covering externality facet obverse outside peel periphery plane rind stretch superficiality superficies veneer

WEAK

exteriority

Antonyms

STRONGEST

character core interior middle personality

STRONG

center

WEAK

inside

VERB

come to the top of

Synonyms

STRONGEST

appear arise come up crop up emerge flare up materialize

STRONG

rise transpire

WEAK

come to light

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disappear

WEAK

dive drop fall sink submerge

Example Sentences

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There, she absorbed the Spanish mentality of intense point construction, learning to take the ball early and fight for every point — a trait that translates well to all surfaces.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026

Road surfaces can also soften in the heat, which can require gritters.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026

Bright snow and ice reflect much of the sun's heat back into space, but as they melt they reveal darker, heat-absorbing surfaces such as land and the ocean.

From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026

In front of her, groups of figures congregate, the rough surfaces of their bodies—molded as if from the leftover clay that shaped Adam—testifying that they are decidedly of this world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

There was a deep silence, only scraped on its surfaces by the faint quiver of empty seed-plumes, and broken grass-blades trembling in small air-movements that they could not feel.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien