underbelly
About 0.16 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun The underside of an animal.
We identified the species of the snake by its blue-grey underbelly.
- noun The underside of any thing.
- noun The side which is not normally seen, normally a dark, immoral place.
The area by the canal is the underbelly of town – not something you’d see in the guidebooks.
Similar words
underbody tummy stomach gut womb abdomen belly underside low weak
Often followed by
of and to is was in that with as
Word family
underbellies
Save “underbelly” to learn later