underslung

Questions about underslung

What does underslung mean?

underslung means "supported from above especially in a vehicle having springs attached to the axle from below". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in underslung?

underslung has 3 syllables: un-der-slung. The stress falls on "un".

What is another word for underslung?

Close synonyms include underhung, undershot, squat. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is underslung a common word?

underslung is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.