- located below something else, especially something of the same type, or the other of a pair
- the lower deck of a ship
- His lower lip trembled.
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- at or near the bottom of something
- the mountain’s lower slopes
- I have problems with my lower back.
- (of a place) located towards the coast, on low ground or towards the south of an area
- the lower reaches of the Nile
opposite upper
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