belowground
Beneath the surface
Belowground means beneath the earth's surface.
The word describes anything situated underground: belowground utilities, belowground parking, belowground storage tanks.
It works as both adjective and adverb: The cables run belowground.
Often written as two words: below ground.
Serious and worrying
- tombUnderground chamber for remains
- cryptSubterranean burial vault
- coffinBurial container for remains
- casketBurial container
cemetery · interred · mausoleum · sepulcher · catacomb · necropolis · exhumed · shroud
Underground hollow in rock
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
- mineOre excavation site
- bunkerReinforced subterranean stronghold
- basementSubterranean building level
cavern · grotto · shaft · burrow · catacomb · cellar · subway · warren
Solid stone underground
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
- aquiferGroundwater-bearing geological formation
- mantleCovering or wrap
- oreMetal-bearing rock
clay · silt · shale · limestone · granite · groundwater · strata · mineral
grave
Serious and worrying
casket · cemetery · interred · mausoleum · sepulcher · catacomb · necropolis · exhumed · shroud · vault
cave
Underground hollow in rock
basement · cavern · grotto · shaft · burrow · catacomb · cellar · subway · warren · sewer
bedrock
Solid stone underground
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
- aquiferGroundwater-bearing geological formation
- mantleCovering or wrap
ore · clay · silt · shale · limestone · granite · groundwater · strata · mineral · fault
soil
Ground matter for planting
- earthwormSegmented soil-dwelling invertebrate
- moleSubterranean insectivore
- myceliumFungal filament network
microbes · fungi · decomposers · humus · nematodes · groundhog · gopher · vole · termites · bacteria
taproot
Main descending root
- rhizomeHorizontal underground plant stem
- tuberUnderground nutrient reservoir
- bulbRounded storage organ
radicle · rootstock · carrot · beet · potato · ginger · turnip · radish · parsnip · yam
belowgroundunburied
Not placed underground
exposed · aboveground · exhumed · unearthed · disinterred
grow, ground, below, beneath, underground, grounds, groundless, underfoot, subterranean