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basement

  • noun
  • base·ment
  • /ˈbeɪsmənt/

A floor of a building below ground level.

Other meanings

  1. a floor mostly below grade

  2. A mass of igneous or metamorphic rock forming the foundation over which a of sedimentary rocks is laid.

Synonyms

  • cellar

A kind of

  • floor

Related words

  • basemented
  • English basement
  • basementful
  • basementward
  • nonbasement
  • semibasement
  • bargain basement
  • basement apartment
  • basement battler
  • basement dweller
  • basementless
  • basementlike

Example sentences

  • “We should get started on that basement.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

  • “It's nice and cool here in the basement.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

  • “There's a fallout shelter in the basement of the library.”

    Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “basement” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.