- surface
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ even, flat, level, smooth▪ rough, uneven▪ curved▪ firm, hard, solid▪ soft▪ slippery▪ calm, glassy, polished, reflective, shiny▪
the glassy surface of the lake
▪ frozen▪The ball rolled onto the frozen surface of the pond.
▪ inner, interior, internal▪the inner surface of a bone
▪ exterior, external, outer▪ lower, upper▪ water▪ floor, ground, land, ocean, road, rock, sea, wall▪ kitchen, work, working▪a cleaning product for all kitchen surfaces
VERB + SURFACE▪ come to, come up to, reach, rise to▪ hit▪ bring sth to▪The captain brought the submarine to the surface.
▪ coat, cover▪ break, penetrate▪ smooth▪Smooth the surface with a spatula.
▪ scratch, skim, touch (all figurative)▪The investigation barely scratched the surface of the city's drug problem.
SURFACE + NOUN▪ area▪ level▪ layer▪the surface layer of the skin
▪ temperature, tension▪ water▪Surface water made driving conditions hazardous.
PREPOSITION▪ above the surface, on a/the surface, over the surface▪A trail of flowers floated on the surface of the water.
▪The breeze created a slight ripple on the surface of the pond.
▪On the surface his words were funny, but I detected a lot of anger behind them. (figurative)
▪ below the surface, beneath the surface, under the surface▪The ring slowly sank beneath the surface of the mud pool.
▪She gives the impression of being rather conventional, but under the surface she is wildly eccentric. (figurative)
▪ across the surface, along the surface▪ in the surface▪Cracks began to appear in the surface of the earth.
PHRASES▪ the Earth's surface, the surface of the Earth▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}Visible light from the sun passes through the atmosphere to the Earth's surface.
verbSurface is used with these nouns as the object: ↑road
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
