Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
The addition of colour under black areas to produce a deeper black and prevent oversaturation of the paper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: media, printing, publishing
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noun
Printing underneath the main design of a stamp, intended to prevent forgery or removal of the postmark.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, philately
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noun
a logo or advertising printed on the underside of a stamp; backprint.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: considered incorrect usage
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, philately
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noun
A fossilised print in the rock bed that is at a deeper level than the track the creature leaving it was actually travelling on; caused by the pressure of a heavy animal or penetration of the sediment by a pointed appendage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Indo-European *h1entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dhí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dhér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English print English underprint From under- + print.
