aboveground
adjective
above·ground
ə-ˈbəv-ˌgrau̇nd 
1
: located or occurring on or above the surface of the ground
2
: existing, produced, or published by or within the establishment
aboveground movies
aboveground
adverb
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The only view of the outside comes from an aboveground camera, which shows a desolate hillside, some leafless trees, and the dead bodies of people who have left the Silo.
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Daniel A. Gross, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
Government investigators found that three smaller airports in South Korea — which serve the cities of Gwangju, Yeosu, Pohang and Gyeongju — had similar aboveground concrete structures.
—River Akira Davis, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Photo: Century 21 This house is small, but it’s got a lot going on — there’s an aboveground pool with a wraparound deck, a hot tub, a firepit, and a creek.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 10 Jan. 2025
Sheltered between the 4-meter high, 2.5-meter wide walls and the 60-meter-deep gorges, people built dugout houses, then later aboveground stone ones, along with stone animal pens and other buildings.
—Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2025
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Daniel A. Gross, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
Government investigators found that three smaller airports in South Korea — which serve the cities of Gwangju, Yeosu, Pohang and Gyeongju — had similar aboveground concrete structures.
—River Akira Davis, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Photo: Century 21 This house is small, but it’s got a lot going on — there’s an aboveground pool with a wraparound deck, a hot tub, a firepit, and a creek.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 10 Jan. 2025
Sheltered between the 4-meter high, 2.5-meter wide walls and the 60-meter-deep gorges, people built dugout houses, then later aboveground stone ones, along with stone animal pens and other buildings.
—Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Aboveground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aboveground. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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aboveground
adjective
above·ground
ə-ˈbəv-ˌgrau̇nd
: located or happening on or above the surface of the ground
an aboveground swimming pool
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