underearth

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adjective

Beneath the earth; underground.

Scrabble 14
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Meanings

adjectiveunderearth (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBeneath the earth; underground.

    The dragon from under-earth, the nightmarish destroyer, lay destroyed as well, utterly without life.

    1999, Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 89
    1 more example

    The sleep-healing takes place, shortly before the end of the poem, in the "Cave of Quietude," an underearth cavern that is environed by "hell."

    1954, Keats-Shelley Journal, volumes 3-4, page 8

Origin

From under- + earth.

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APA

underearth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underearth

MLA

“underearth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underearth. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underearth,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underearth.

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