Usually means: Vertical extension above a surface.
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  1. upstand: Merriam-Webster
  2. upstand: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. upstand: Collins English Dictionary
  4. upstand: Wordnik
  5. upstand: Wiktionary
  6. Upstand: Dictionary.com
  7. Upstand: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. upstand: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Upstand: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. upstand: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. upstand: FreeDictionary.org
  12. Upstand: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. upstand: Encyclopedia

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Upstand: Building pathology glossary

Definitions from Wiktionary (upstand)

verb:  (intransitive) To stand up; arise; be erect; rise.
noun:  (construction, plumbing) A section of a roof covering or flashing which turns up against a vertical surface.
adjective:  (construction) (of a beam) Having its top surface above the slab with which it integrates; "an upstand beam".

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