below
Meaning of below
preposition
- at a lower level or layer than.
just below the pocket was a stain
the blistered skin below his collar
- extending underneath.
the tunnel below the crags
cables running below the floorboards
- at a lower level or layer.
he jumped from the window into the moat below
late Middle English (as an adverb): from be- ‘by’ + the adjective low1. Not common until the 16th century, the word developed a prepositional use and was frequent in Shakespeare.
Information about below
- The plural form of below is: belows.
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Hyphenation of below
be-low
- It consists of 2 syllables and 5 chars.
- below is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
below synonyms
Meaning at a lower place:
Meaning infra:
Meaning downstairs:
Meaning under:
Meaning situated directly below (something else):
below antonyms
Meaning in extended space over and not touching:
Meaning extending directly upwards from:
Translation of below
Anagrams of below
Words that rhyme with below
furbelow, hereinbelow, rumbelow, gundelow, Bigelow, Ingelow, Joselow, matelow
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