Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

underpass

[uhn-der-pas, -pahs] / ˈʌn dərˌpæs, -ˌpɑs /




Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

During the previous attack, they had left home too late, found the station already overflowing, and had to use an underpass for shelter.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 2026

Videos circulating on social media showed police vans escorting a bar association vehicle carrying Mazari to court before it was stopped at an underpass, where masked security officials prevented journalists from filming the arrest.

From Barron's Jan. 24, 2026

Eventually, they stopped the truck at a 10 Freeway underpass near Alameda and Newton streets and ditched the big rig.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2025

We could walk a quarter mile and duck under the low PCH underpass, then spend long hours body surfing and doing absolutely nothing.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 12, 2025

The underpass is dark, but I feel as though I can see someone in there, in the shadow's—someone watching us go.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins




Vocabulary lists containing underpass


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training