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View usage for: (beɪsmənt) Word forms: plural basementscountable nounThe basement of a building is a floor built partly or completely below ground level. They bought an old schoolhouse to live in and built a workshop in the basement. They live in a basement flat in North London. Synonyms: cellar, crypt, lower ground floor [British], vault More Synonyms of basement basement in British English (ˈbeɪsmənt) noun1. a. a partly or wholly underground storey of a building, esp the one immediately below the main floor Compare cellar b. (as modifier) a basement flat 2. the foundation or substructure of a wall or building 3. geology a part of the earth's crust formed of hard igneous or metamorphic rock that lies beneath the cover of soft sedimentary rock, sediment, and soil basement in American English (ˈbeɪsmənt) noun1. the foundation or lower part of a wall or structure 2. the lowest story of a building, below the main floor and wholly or partly below the surface of theground 3. Geology the oldest layer of igneous and metamorphic rocks in the crust of the earth, covered by layers ofmore recent, usually sedimentary rocks : in full basement complex Word origin base 1 + -ment Examples of 'basement' in a sentencebasement I put one into a small basement flat and it has been a real little workhorse.A The condensation in your basement is caused by warm air meeting the cold surfaces of the basement walls.They refused to carry it down the stairs to my basement flat (notified in advance).A pristine section of Roman road found under the basement of a building undergoing a restoration has been preserved under a glass floor.Dropping into the third tier would mean building from the basement all over again.So many came in that the ground floor and basement were full.They had posters all over the wall in the basement.The wall of the basement and the extraneous iron staircase remained to be coped with.Hundreds of shops have expanded by knocking down walls and digging basements.The trouble with curtailing basement building is that there are precious few grounds on which to do so.Builders are turning parts of the ground floor and basement into bedrooms and a kitchen for the new residential wing for artists.There were four storeys, with two flats above me and one in the basement.This desire to live in the basement is part of the English nostalgia disease.The bedrooms are lavishly upholstered, and the basement ones get a surprising amount of light.For those who live in a basement flat, gardening is unlikely to be high on the agenda.I liked the door in my face and paying for our cab ride to his basement flat.The couple already knew the building well, having lived for eight years in one of its basement flats.It is also seeking powers to reduce the nuisance to neighbours by allowing only one basement to be dug on a street at a time.The flat in the basement is self-contained, so can earn you extra income.The echoes of a damp wartime basement flat in Finsbury Park were still close.And no, it doesn't help if you call it a garden flat or basement apartment.Another friend, a champion wrestler, kept a poster on the wall of the basement where he worked out with weights.I recall his visits to the basement, below our study, where he kept some of his treasures. Word lists withbasement architectural features, earthIn other languagesbasement British English: basement / ˈbeɪsmənt/ NOUN The basement of a building is an area partly or completely below ground level, with a room or rooms in it. ...a basement flat. - American English: basement
- Arabic: طَابِق تـَحْتَ الَأرْضِ في بناءٍ
- Brazilian Portuguese: porão
- Chinese: 地下室
- Croatian: podrum
- Czech: suterén
- Danish: kælder
- Dutch: kelder
- European Spanish: sótano habitable
- Finnish: kellari
- French: sous-sol
- German: Kellergeschoss
- Greek: υπόγειο
- Italian: seminterrato
- Japanese: 地階
- Korean: 지하실
- Norwegian: kjeller
- Polish: suterena
- European Portuguese: cave
- Romanian: subsol
- Russian: подвал
- Latin American Spanish: sótano
- Swedish: källare
- Thai: ห้องใต้ดิน
- Turkish: bodrum
- Ukrainian: підвальне приміщення
- Vietnamese: tầng hầm
Chinese translation of 'basement' n (c) -
地下室 (dìxiàshì) (间(間), jiān)
adj - [flat, apartment, kitchen etc]
地下室的 (dìxiàshì de)
Definition a partly or wholly underground storey of a building They live in a basement in North London. Synonyms cellar lower ground floor (British) underground room Additional synonymsDefinition a vault or underground chamber, such as one beneath a church, used as a burial place people buried in the crypt of an old London church Synonyms vault, tomb, catacomb, ossuary, undercroft Definition an underground burial chamber He ordered that Matilda's body should be buried in the family vault. Synonyms crypt, tomb, catacomb, cellar, mausoleum, charnel house, undercroft |