belowground

Definitions of belowground
  1. adjective
    under the level of the ground
    “belowground storage areas”
    synonyms: underground
    subsurface
    beneath the surface
  2. adjective
    underneath the ground
    “most of his friends are now belowground”
    synonyms:
    buried, inhumed, interred
    placed in a grave
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