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# underworld

«underworld» in Mova's school dictionary: **In fairy tales, a land under the ground where kings and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural underworlds)

### meaning for a pupil

1) In fairy tales, a land under the ground where kings and magic beings live. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underworld/#m1)

2) The land of the dead. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underworld/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in fairy tales, a faraway kingdom below the earth, often ruled by a mighty king

### examples

- The hero went down to the underworld. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underworld/#x1)
- A quail sat in a tree in the underworld. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underworld/#x2)
- The king of the underworld had many castles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underworld/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «underworld» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underworld/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.