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subterrenes

subterrenes is the plural of subterrene.

Meaning of subterrene

Noun

subterrene (plural subterrenes)

  1. (rare) A machine for drilling or tunneling underground.
    • With a deafening screech of metal upon rock—which surely must echo through all the recesses of the Mountain, and waken all its nightmare brood!—the subterrene smashed through the wall and came to rest beside them.1956, Arthur C. Clarke, chapter 1, in The City and the Stars

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Questions about subterrenes

What is subterrenes the plural of?
Subterrenes is the plural of subterrene.

Words near subterrenes in the dictionary

  1. subterranies
  2. subterranities
  3. subterranity
  4. subterrany
  5. subterrene
  6. subterrenes
  7. subterrestrial
  8. subterrestrials
  9. subterritorial
  10. subterritories
  11. subterritory

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subterrenes (page history and authors); subterrene (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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