Definitions for basement
ˈbeɪs məntbase·ment

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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. 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.

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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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1. basement

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1. • Floor
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How to pronounce basement?

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How to say basement in sign language?

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. Giorgio Armani:

   If a lady walks on the street and sees an ad with a woman with her boobs and arse in plain sight and she wants to be like that too, that's a way of raping her, you can rape a woman in many ways, either by throwing her in the basement or by suggesting that she dresses in a certain way.

2. Kathy Wunderlich:

   We emptied out our basement of anything important, which is strictly storage anyway. We cleaned out the house of clothes. Things that can't be replaced. Important pieces of furniture.

3. Jill Greenberg:

   We have cleaned out the sewers and the clean out drains between the facility and 696, we're also in the process of cleaning up the basement of the facility.

4. Josie Beeson:

   I had just gotten through the door to the basement when it hit the house. Unfortunately, I lost my dog to the tornado.

5. Frederik Pleitgen:

   People went running to safety, we made our way to the other side of the road to get into cover in a basement there. As I looked back, a second missile struck nearly the same place. Another big blast. We took cover. [We were] in a basement with some residents.

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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. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/basement
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=basement
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=basement