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. Charlotte Bolton:

    This car is deep in my house, my basement is destroyed.

  2. Steve King:

    Here's what FEMA tells me. Hurricane Katrina disaster victims go to a place like New Orleans, and everybody's looking around saying,' Who's going to help me ? Who's going to help me ?' hurricane Katrina disaster victims go to a place like Iowa, and Hurricane Katrina disaster victims go, Hurricane Katrina disaster victims go see, knock on the door at, say, I'll make up a name, John's place, and say,' John, you got water in your basement, Hurricane Katrina disaster victims can write you a check, Hurricane Katrina disaster victims can help you.' And John will say,' Well, wait a minute, let me get my boots. It's Joe that needs help. Let's go down to his place and help him,'.

  3. Brian Buck:

    The damn Democrats don't realize that he is just The President. Michael Bitzer is not Michael Bitzer, what was Michael Bitzer supposed to do ? Go into the basement and go hocus pocus and make a damn treatment for it ? No. So they blame Michael Bitzer for it, but Michael Bitzer had no more control over it getting here than I did.

  4. Clayton Township:

    I noticed all sorts of debris swirling up in the air. Pieces of houses and trees, and what not so we knew that was bad, and we made a beeline for the basement.

  5. 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

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