Meaning & use
nether
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Situated down or below; lower.
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The old map showed a passage leading to the nether reaches of the cave.
Ancient myths often described a nether realm where spirits of the dead resided.
A note on using this word
Now mostly literary or archaic, surviving chiefly in fixed phrases like 'the nether world' or 'nether regions.'
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lowerunder
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Words with an opposite meaning
upper
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