Thesaurus: acheron
A river in the Nether World or infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf.
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- n. A river in the Nether World or infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf.
- A river in the Nether World or infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf. Shak.
- A river in the Nether World or infernal regions; also, theinfernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets it wassupposed to be a flaming lake or gulf. Shak.
- n. (Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which the souls of the dead were carried by Charon