I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ even , flat , level , smooth
▪ rough , uneven
▪ curved
▪ firm , hard , solid
▪ soft
▪ slippery
▪ calm , glassy , polished , reflective , shiny
▪
the glassy ~ of the lake
▪ frozen
▪
The ball rolled onto the frozen ~ of the pond.
▪ inner , interior , internal
▪
the inner ~ of a bone
▪ exterior , external , outer
▪ lower , upper
▪ water
▪ floor , ground , land , ocean , road , rock , sea , wall
▪ kitchen , work , working
▪
a cleaning product for all kitchen ~s
VERB + SURFACE
▪ come to , come up to , reach , rise to
▪ hit
▪ bring sth to
▪
The captain brought the submarine to the ~.
▪ coat , cover
▪ break , penetrate
▪ smooth
▪
Smooth the ~ with a spatula.
▪ scratch , skim , touch ( all figurative )
▪
The investigation barely scratched the ~ of the city's drug problem.
SURFACE + NOUN
▪ area
▪ level
▪ layer
▪
the ~ layer of the skin
▪ temperature , tension
▪ water
▪
Surface water made driving conditions hazardous.
PREPOSITION
▪ above the ~ , on a/the ~ , over the ~
▪
A trail of flowers floated on the ~ of the water.
▪
The breeze created a slight ripple on the ~ of the pond.
▪
On the ~ his words were funny, but I detected a lot of anger behind them. ( figurative )
▪ below the ~ , beneath the ~ , under the ~
▪
The ring slowly sank beneath the ~ of the mud pool.
▪
She gives the impression of being rather conventional, but under the ~ she is wildly eccentric. ( figurative )
▪ across the ~ , along the ~
▪ in the ~
▪
Cracks began to appear in the ~ of the earth.
PHRASES
▪ the Earth's ~ , the ~ of the Earth
▪
Visible light from the sun passes through the atmosphere to the Earth's ~.
II.
verb
Surface is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ anxiety , ↑ problem , ↑ report , ↑ submarine
Surface is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ road