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souterrains

souterrains is the plural of souterrain.

Meaning of souterrain

Noun

souterrain (plural souterrains)

  1. An underground chamber or passage sometimes used as a store, especially one associated with Iron Age settlements.
    • Now when my son saw that I separated them, he secretly built this souterrain and furnished it and transported to it victuals, even as thou seest; and, when I had gone out a-sporting, came here with his sister and hid from me.1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 11

Questions about souterrains

What is souterrains the plural of?
Souterrains is the plural of souterrain.

Words near souterrains in the dictionary

  1. souteneur
  2. souteneurs
  3. souter
  4. souterly
  5. souterrain
  6. souterrains
  7. souters
  8. south
  9. South 24 Parganas
  10. South Acre
  11. South Acton

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