UNDERCOATINGS Synonyms

• a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)

• the temporal end; the concluding time

• a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality

• the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)

• designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race)

• the downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict)

• event whose occurrence ends something

• (wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed)

• the act of finishing

• come or bring to a finish or an end

• finally be or do something

• have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

• provide with a finish

• finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table

• cause to finish a relationship with somebody

• an introductory textbook

• any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant

• the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface

• a kind of sealing material that is used to form a hard coating on a porous surface (as a coat of paint or varnish used to size a surface)

• an official who affixes a seal to a document

• the substance that is acted upon by an enzyme or ferment

• a surface on which an organism grows or is attached

• any stratum or layer lying underneath another

• an indigenous language that contributes features to the language of an invading people who impose their language on the indigenous population