Usually means: Realm where the deceased reside.
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  1. underworld: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. underworld, the underworld: Merriam-Webster
  3. underworld: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. underworld: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. underworld: Collins English Dictionary
  6. underworld: Vocabulary.com
  7. Underworld, underworld: Wordnik
  8. underworld, the underworld: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Underworld, underworld: Wiktionary
  10. underworld: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. underworld: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. underworld: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. underworld: Dictionary.com
  14. underworld: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. underworld: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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  17. Underworld: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. underworld: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. underworld: Rhymezone
  20. underworld: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. underworld: FreeDictionary.org
  22. underworld: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. underworld: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. underworld: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. underworld: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (religion or mythology) The world of the dead, located underneath the world of the living; the afterlife.
noun:  That part of society that is engaged in crime or vice, and particularly those involved in organized crime.
noun:  (video games) The portion of a game that is set below ground.
noun:  Alternative letter-case form of underworld [(religion or mythology) The world of the dead, located underneath the world of the living; the afterlife.]

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