Below Word Meaning

late Middle English (as an adverb): from be- ‘by’ + the adjective low. Not common until the 16th century, the word developed a prepositional use and was frequent in Shakespeare

at a lower level or layer than

at lower level than

• just below the pocket was a stain
• the blistered skin below his collar

extending underneath

extending underneath

• the tunnel below the crags
• cables running below the floorboards

at a lower level or layer

at lower level

• he jumped from the window into the moat below