subterranean

Definition

Below ground, under the earth, underground.

Etymology

From Latin subterrāneus + -an. Compare subterrane and subterraneous.

Example Sentences

• "Again the bearers took up the coffin, and cold and damp the subterranean air came from the opened vault. The tapers were lowered, and shed a ghastly light on the rows of piled coffins, and the moisture glittering on the walls."
• "And you were in the parking lot / Subterranean by your own design"
• "This is a story of north-south connection, and it begins with the fact that late in 1863 the Great Northern Railway completed a subterranean connection from its terminus at King's Cross to the tracks of the Metropolitan enabling the Great Northern to run through to the Met's easterly terminus at Farringdon Street."

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