subterrane

[ suhb-tuh-reyn, suhb-tuh-reyn ]
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noun
  1. a cave or subterranean room.

Origin of subterrane

1
1605–15, in sense “subterranean”; 1765–75 for current sense; <Latin subterrāneus subterranean, equivalent to sub-sub- + terr(a) earth + -āneus composite adj. suffix, equivalent to -ān(us) -an + -eus-eous
  • Also sub·ter·rain, sub·ter·rene [suhb-tuh-reen, suhb-tuh-reen]. /ˈsʌb təˌrin, ˌsʌb təˈrin/.

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How to use subterrane in a sentence

  • She floated down the steps and found herself in a big subterrene room with walls tiled like those of the hotel bathroom.

    We Can't Have Everything | Rupert Hughes
  • Sheltered under these subterrene alcoves are streams, lakes, rivers and water-falls.

  • And there is an indistinct murmur which cometh out from among them like the rushing of subterrene water.

  • Their eyes were as useless as the useless eyes of fish in subterrene caverns.

    The Cup of Fury | Rupert Hughes