What does BASEMENT mean?

Definitions for BASEMENT
ˈbeɪs məntbase·ment

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Princeton's WordNet

  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

Wiktionary

  1. basementnoun

    A floor of a building below ground level.

  2. basementnoun

    Last place in a sports conference standings.

Wikipedia

  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. basement

    A basement is a space or room located below the ground level of a building or house, often used for storage, living space, or various other purposes. It is typically the lowest architectural structure of the building.

Webster Dictionary

  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

Wikidata

  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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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. Yasser Aljehani:

    Innovation has no roof… but it has a basement

  2. David Mathews:

    We were in our house and knew something was going on and getting ready to go to the basement, then it was over, we just built a brand new fire hall and it was destroyed. Also a row of houses near the fire hall. The Lutheran Church was destroyed, it's all in rubble.

  3. Hillary Clinton:

    Some are new to politics completely. They’re children of the Great Recession. And they are living in their parents’ basement, they feel they got their education and the jobs that are available to them are not at all what they envisioned for themselves. And they don’t see much of a future.

  4. Chuck Peruto:

    They expired from what he called ‘punishments,’ he expected them to be completely obedient and carry his babies in a basement of a row house where he had no need to hear them scream or complain. He administered these ‘punishments’ through beatings and electric shocks. He would call them weak. But his intention wasn’t to kill them. He wanted to train them to have a perfect race in his basement. He wanted to have babies and raise them with no other contact from the outside world. That’s what he kept repeating during their captivity.

  5. Jennifer McCormick:

    A reputable home inspector is important as well, Jennifer McCormick added. Their reports could state there is a leak in the roof or chimney, a grading issue where water runs into a basement or a vacant/foreclosed house that appears to have humidity issues because the power is off. The inspector may see that these situations could allow mold to grow.

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