surface




the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary

"there is a special cleaner for these surfaces"; "the cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface"

Type of:
  • artifact; artefact

Types:
  • bed
  • board; gameboard
  • face
  • ground
  • horizontal surface; level
  • Klein bottle
  • meniscus
  • miter; mitre
  • Mobius strip
  • plaster; plasterwork
  • screen; silver screen; projection screen
  • side
  • skin
  • spandrel; spandril
  • superficies
  • tread
  • vertical surface
  • work surface


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