Upperside

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The aspect of an item that is located above or facing upward
2. the upper face of an object, often the part viewed from above
3. The part of an object that is situated on its highest or topmost side

Etymology: "Upperside" is simply a closed-up spelling of "upper side," built from two plain English words: "upper," the comparative of "up" that describes the higher of two things, and "side," which goes back to Old English "side" meaning the flank or edge of a body. Put together, the compound names the face of an object that faces upward or is most visible from above. The spacing is the only real difference. Writers may choose "upper side" as two words or "upperside" as one, and both record the same meaning. Because the parts are transparent, the term needs no special story, and its sense stays literal, tied to the physical surface of things such as a table, a leaf, or a sheet of paper.

Synonyms: topside, surface

Antonyms: bottomside