subterranean
adjective
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A tunnel is a subterranean road or pathway, and a subway is a subterranean railway. The subterranean vaults at Fort Knox hold billions of dollars of gold reserves. Subterranean reservoirs called aquifers are tapped for water; in places where the pressure on the subterranean water is great enough, a hole drilled in the ground will bring it bubbling to the surface.
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Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 26 June 2024
The city’s first destination spa is a 38,000-square-foot standout, artfully blending traditional Turkish treatments (hammam, naturally) with Eastern wellness principles anchored by a lush subterranean courtyard.
—Paul Jebara, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2024
Based on a dystopian book trilogy by Hugh Howey, the series focuses on a subterranean bunker—the silo of the title—where humanity has sequestered itself after the apocalypse.
—Angela Watercutter Wired Staff, WIRED, 25 June 2024
Microbes carve subterranean caverns and transform barren rock into fertile soil.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
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“Subterranean.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subterranean. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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