belowground
Americanadjective
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situated beneath the surface of the earth; subterranean.
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no longer living; buried, as in a cemetery (usually used predicatively).
All those who might have known about the incident are now belowground.
Etymology
Origin of belowground
Example Sentences
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The basic chemical make-up of the aboveground and belowground acylsugars were noticeably different, so much so that they could be defined as different classes of acylsugars entirely.
From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2024
Roughly half the Amazon’s carbon store is belowground in the soil.
From Scientific American • Feb. 20, 2023
In other words, protecting just the richest aboveground ecosystems might fail to safeguard the full diversity of belowground life.
From Science Magazine • Jul. 6, 2022
One of the problems is that it's easier to estimate how much carbon is stored aboveground, in towering trees, than belowground, where plants store carbon in their roots.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2022
The transparent blue sphere generated by the Orb of Osuvox appeared around the castle, surrounding it both above- and belowground.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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