PREPOSITION: "used as a function word to indicate position in contact with and supported by the top surface of" Crossword Clue

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PREPOSITION: "used as a function word to indicate position in contact with and supported by the top surface of" Crossword Answer

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(preposition)
1. On; — used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable.

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

PREPOSITION (noun)
1. a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word
2. (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix before the base to which it is attached)
SUPPORTED (adjective)
1. held up or having the weight borne especially from below
2. sustained or maintained by aid (as distinct from physical support)

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