UNDERWORLD


Meaning of UNDERWORLD in English

/un"deuhr werrld'/ , n.

1. the criminal element of human society.

2. the imagined abode of departed souls or spirits; Hades.

3. a region below the surface, as of the earth or a body of water.

4. the opposite side of the earth; the antipodes.

5. Archaic. the earth.

[ 1600-10; UNDER- + WORLD ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .