aboveground

[ uh-buhv-ground ]

adjective

1. situated on or above the ground.
2. not secret or hidden; in the open:

   the aboveground activities of the country's left-wing faction.

Word History and Origins

Origin of aboveground¹

First recorded in 1875–80; above + ground ¹

Example Sentences

The man then pushed the woman onto the tracks and dragged her across the concrete freeway divider and onto the 210 Freeway, which runs parallel to the aboveground Metro platform, the reports said.

From Los Angeles Times

He credits “The Tub Pond Handbook” by Ted Coletti and the “California Native Water Plants and Life” Facebook group with helping him maintain the 85-gallon aboveground “tub pond” he installed outside his Monterey Park home.

From Los Angeles Times

The volcanic roiling of inner earth merges with political churning aboveground.

From Los Angeles Times

In the Central Valley alone, the unused aquifer space where water has been drained by pumping could hold more than three times the total capacity of the state’s aboveground reservoirs, Fogg said.

From Los Angeles Times

The basic chemical make-up of the aboveground and belowground acylsugars were noticeably different, so much so that they could be defined as different classes of acylsugars entirely.

From Science Daily