Underwood

Classic typewriter brand

Underwood is a surname, most famously associated with the Underwood typewriter company, whose machines dominated American offices through much of the twentieth century.

The name now evokes vintage manual typewriters with their distinctive round keys.

Underwood also appears as a place name and given name. (Lowercase underwood is forest undergrowth.)

typewriter

keyboard

Array of input keys

  • ribbonSlender ornamental strip
  • carriageWheeled passenger vehicle
  • keysLock-operating instruments

manual · vintage · QWERTY · typebar · platen · ink · office · secretary · journalism · author

politics

Frank

Direct and sincere

congressman · Washington · power · schemes · ruthless · ambitious · manipulation · campaign · fictional · drama

surname

Carrie

Feminine given name

Frank · Kevin · actor · Blair · namesake · family · heritage · genealogy · lineage · British

forest

trees

Woody plants with trunks

  • canopyOverhead protective covering
  • shadeDarkness from blocked light
  • groveSmall stand of trees

thicket · brush · saplings · foliage · clearing · timber · copse · branches · roots · dappled

Categories
Opposites
typewriter brand era

UnderwoodApple

Cupertino tech giant

Microsoft · laptop · MacBook · word processor · IBM

text input technology

Underwoodtouchscreen

Input-sensitive display panel

computer · speech recognition · Google Docs · Microsoft Word · tablet

surname spatial metaphor

UnderwoodAtwood

Celebrated Canadian literary figure

Phrases
Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G