"underpass" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: underpasses [plural]
Etymology: From under- + pass. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|pass}} under- + pass Head templates: {{en-noun}} underpass (plural underpasses)
  1. A passage that crosses a road, railroad or similar obstacle in a tunnel underneath it. Categories (topical): Roads Synonyms: subway [UK], flyunder Related terms: flyover, overpass, dive-under Translations (passage): نَفَق مُشَاة (nafaq mušāh) [masculine] (Arabic), падзе́мны перахо́д (padzjémny pjeraxód) [masculine] (Belarusian), по́длез (pódlez) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 地下通道 (dìxià tōngdào) (Chinese Mandarin), 地下道 (dìxiàdào) (Chinese Mandarin), podchod [masculine] (Czech), jalakäijate tunnel (Estonian), alikulkutunneli (Finnish), alikäytävä (Finnish), alikulku (Finnish), passage souterrain [masculine] (French), souterrain [masculine] (French), მიწისქვეშა გადასასვლელი (mic̣iskveša gadasasvleli) (Georgian), Unterführung [feminine] (German), aluljáró (Hungarian), زیرْگُذَر (zirgozar) (Iranian Persian), sottopassaggio (Italian), 地下道 (chikadō) (alt: ちかどう) (Japanese), 토끼굴 (tokkigul) (Korean), 지하도 (jihado) (alt: 地下道) (Korean), по́двозник (pódvoznik) [masculine] (Macedonian), jabanah (Malay), przejście podziemne [neuter] (Polish), passagem subterrânea [feminine] (Portuguese), подзе́мный перехо́д (podzémnyj perexód) [masculine] (Russian), подзе́мный ход (podzémnyj xod) [masculine] (Russian), fo-rathad [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), fo-shlighe [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), по̀тходнӣк [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), по̀двожња̄к [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pòthodnīk [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pòdvožnjāk [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), podchod [masculine] (Slovak), paso inferior [masculine] (Spanish), undergång (Swedish), daan-silong (Tagalog), підзе́мний перехі́д (pidzémnyj perexíd) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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      "code": "gd",
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      "sense": "passage",
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "passage",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "sh",
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      "word": "по̀двожња̄к"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "passage",
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "passage",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "paso inferior"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "passage",
      "word": "undergång"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "passage",
      "word": "daan-silong"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pidzémnyj perexíd",
      "sense": "passage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "підзе́мний перехі́д"
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  "word": "underpass"
}

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