subterranean
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7.4
- adjective
- /ˌsʌbtəˈreɪniən/
:
subterráneo
- The archaeologists discovered a subterranean chamber filled with ancient artifacts.
- subterranean termite
- subterranean aquifers
- subterranean layer
The Marcellus Shale, our bedrock, our subterranean coral reef.
- The Marcellus Shale, our bedrock, our subterranean coral reef.
- And there's a guy named John Cadman that proposed that the subterranean chamber is a pump chamber.
Examples
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The engineers designed a complex subterranean shelter complete with a state-of-the-art sanitary leach field.
Fiction book (2000) -
Since 1982, the center has been located on a subterranean level next to a basement parking garage.
Academic text (1996) -
Looks to me like a subterranean lake.
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Why did they abandon that city and move to this subterranean world?
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It's a subterranean tunnel system that connects the entire planet.
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Welcome to the most advanced subterranean neuroscientific laboratory on earth.
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You know, I've been in subterranean passageways very deep within ancient mountains that had more light than this.
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Now, in the midst of their descent into the subterranean catacombs, they were beginning to tire.
Fiction book (1995) -
In Rome, subterranean catacombs house both cremation urns and intact remains.
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Huge water tanks, long subterranean service tunnels, a lakeside grotto sparkling with mosaics.
Synonyms
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3.0
Beneath the surface of the ground, under soil or rock
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6.3
Under the ground or below the top layer of a place
Existing under the surface of the earth, like pipes or caves
Found under the ground and out of sight
Under the ground surface
Living under the ground, for example fungi and seeds
Antonyms
How Deep
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Subterranean comes from the Latin parts sub- 'under' and terra 'earth', the same root you see in terrain. So it literally means 'under the earth', which helps you remember it for things like underground water, tunnels, or animals that live below the ground.