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Word entry · 6 letters

nether

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"Lower or under"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /nɛð.ə/Part of speech adjectiveSorted eehnrtStarts with NEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
1N2E3T4H5E6R

Definitions

  1. located below or beneath something else

Word origin

Alteration of earlier nither, from Middle English nitheren, from Old English niþerian (“to depress, abase, bring low, humiliate, oppress, accuse, condemn”), from niþer (“below, beneath, down, downwards, lower, in an inferior position”). See above.

Used in a sentence

  • The disappointed child’s nether lip quivered.
  • the nether regions

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