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- DictionaryNeth·er/ˈneT͟Hər/
adjective
- 1. lower in position: "the ballast is suspended from its nether end"
1. : situated down or below : lower. Snakes nested in the nether reaches of the cave. 2. : situated or believed to be situated beneath the earth's surface. captured her and carried her off to the nether world to be his wife S. V. McCasland.
adjective [ before noun ] literary or humorous uk / ˈneð.ə r/ us / ˈneð.ɚ / Add to word list. in a lower position: The boiler room is somewhere down in the building's nether regions. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Under & below. below. beneath. lower. neath. subjacent. ultra-low. underfoot. underlying. underneath.
Nether definition: lying or believed to lie beneath the earth's surface; infernal. See examples of NETHER used in a sentence.
Aug 19, 2015 · nether. adjective [ before noun ] literary or humorous us / ˈneð.ɚ / uk / ˈneð.ə r/. Add to word list. in a lower position: The boiler room is somewhere down in the building's nether regions. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Under & below. below.
Nether means the lower part of a thing or place. [old-fashioned] He was escorted back to the nether regions of Main Street. Synonyms: lower, bottom, beneath, underground More Synonyms of nether. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
The nether part of something is the lowest part of it, the bottom. If you’re having, ahem, trouble in the toilet, you might want to go talk to the doc about your nether parts.
1. lying or believed to lie beneath the earth's surface; infernal: the nether regions. 2. lower or under: his nether lip. [before 900; Middle English nethere, Old English neothera, nithera, derivative of nither down (c. German nieder), literally, further down] neth′er•ward, adj.
