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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Missy Ryan, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2024
The home, officially recognized by the city for its national significance, underwent a renovation about a decade ago with the addition of a contemporary extension and subterranean garage.
—Lauren Beale, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
The extension would create six miles of new track — including a subterranean tunnel underneath San Jose — looping BART service from the north part of the city to downtown and then up to Santa Clara at its Caltrain terminal.
—Gabriel Greschler, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2024
There’s no truer visual metaphor for this than Sen’s canny choice of town to play his fictional Limbo: real-life Aussie settlement Coober Pedy, where most homes and businesses are subterranean, built right into the region’s sandstone, as if cave times had returned.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
There’s also a 20-seat movie theater, bowling alley, shooting range, gym and classroom setup for the couple’s five children who are now grown, as well as a subterranean man cave/emergency bunker equipped with bulletproof doors and a 4,500-bottle wine cellar.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 21 Mar. 2024
The island is ringed by sheer cliffs and honeycombed with miles of subterranean passageways.
—Carina Del Valle Schorske, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
Basement, a subterranean entertainment space, is one of the most talked about amenities, as is the bowling alley and ice skating rink.
—Chris Dong, Travel + Leisure, 29 Feb. 2024
The Kölner Philharmonie, part of the sizable campus of the Museum Ludwig, serves as the Gürzenich’s and the WDR’s subterranean home, its cavernous hall hidden below the unassuming brick expanse of the Heinrich-Böll-Platz.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
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“Subterranean.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subterranean. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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