Definitions for basement
ˈbeɪs məntbase·ment

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. basement, cellarnoun

   the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage

2. basementnoun

   the ground floor facade or interior in Renaissance architecture

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1. basementnoun

   A floor of a building below ground level.

2. basementnoun

   Last place in a sports conference standings.

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1. Basement

   A basement or cellar is one or more floors of a building that are completely or partly below the ground floor. It generally is used as a utility space for a building, where such items as the furnace, water heater, breaker panel or fuse box, car park, and air-conditioning system are located; so also are amenities such as the electrical system and cable television distribution point. In cities with high property prices, such as London, basements are often fitted out to a high standard and used as living space. In British English, the word basement is usually used for underground floors of, for example, department stores. The word is usually used with houses when the space below the ground floor is habitable, with windows and (usually) its own access. The word cellar applies to the whole underground level or to any large underground room. A subcellar or subbasement is a cellar that lies further underneath.

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1. Basementadjective

   the outer wall of the ground story of a building, or of a part of that story, when treated as a distinct substructure. ( See Base, n., 3 (a).) Hence: The rooms of a ground floor, collectively

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1. Basement

   A basement or cellar is one or more floors of a building that are either completely or partially below the ground floor. Basements are typically used as a utility space for a building where such items as the boiler, water heater, breaker panel or fuse box, car park, and air-conditioning system are located; so also are amenities such as the electrical distribution system, and cable television distribution point. However in cities with high property prices such as London, basements are often fitted out to a high standard and used as living space. In British English, the word "basement" is used for underground floors of, for example, department stores, but the word is only used with houses when the space below their ground floor is habitable, with windows and its own access. The word cellar or cellars is used to apply to the whole underground level or to any large underground room. A subcellar is a cellar that lies further underneath.

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How to pronounce basement?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of basement in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of basement in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of basement in a Sentence

1. Secretary Pompeo:

   When someone meets with Kim, they often come back sort of in awe -- realizing that he is not the crazy guy in the basement -- and with the conclusion that the US can deal with him, but due to the fact that they often go into the meeting with a misconception of Kim based on caricatures from outside intelligence community, the perceptions often shifts from one extreme to another.

2. Michael Honig:

   We had this wonderful trajectory up, now it's down in the basement.

3. Jarod Kintz:

   More people are leaving TV behind to read my books than ever before. In the last year alone I gained over two readers (three, to be exact). So I’d like to take a moment and say thanks mom, dad, and kidnap victim I keep chained in the basement

4. Carole Baskin:

   No tiger belongs in a backyard or basement, the only reason that people have tigers as pets is to try to show off to others.

5. Oksana Miraevska:

   When they started shelling us, then in general life changed. I live in the basement, we go there for the night. We have been sleeping there for a month now, i don't think the enemy should be underestimated.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=basement
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Basement
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basement
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/basement
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=basement