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basement

(beɪsmənt)
Word forms: plural basements
countable noun
The 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)
noun
1. 
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)
noun
1. 
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
base1 + -ment

Examples of 'basement' in a sentence
basement

I put one into a small basement flat and it has been a real little workhorse.
The Sun (2016)
A The condensation in your basement is caused by warm air meeting the cold surfaces of the basement walls.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They refused to carry it down the stairs to my basement flat (notified in advance).
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A pristine section of Roman road found under the basement of a building undergoing a restoration has been preserved under a glass floor.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Dropping into the third tier would mean building from the basement all over again.
The Sun (2015)
So many came in that the ground floor and basement were full.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They had posters all over the wall in the basement.
The Sun (2012)
The wall of the basement and the extraneous iron staircase remained to be coped with.
Page, Russell The Education of a Gardener (1994)
Hundreds of shops have expanded by knocking down walls and digging basements.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The trouble with curtailing basement building is that there are precious few grounds on which to do so.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Builders are turning parts of the ground floor and basement into bedrooms and a kitchen for the new residential wing for artists.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
There were four storeys, with two flats above me and one in the basement.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
This desire to live in the basement is part of the English nostalgia disease.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The bedrooms are lavishly upholstered, and the basement ones get a surprising amount of light.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
For those who live in a basement flat, gardening is unlikely to be high on the agenda.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
I liked the door in my face and paying for our cab ride to his basement flat.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The couple already knew the building well, having lived for eight years in one of its basement flats.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
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.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The flat in the basement is self-contained, so can earn you extra income.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The echoes of a damp wartime basement flat in Finsbury Park were still close.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
And no, it doesn't help if you call it a garden flat or basement apartment.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Another friend, a champion wrestler, kept a poster on the wall of the basement where he worked out with weights.
Christianity Today (2000)
I recall his visits to the basement, below our study, where he kept some of his treasures.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)

Word lists with
basement

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In other languages
basement

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'

basement

(ˈbeɪsmənt)

n (c)

  1. 地下室 (dìxiàshì) (间(間), jiān)

adj

  1. [flat, apartment, kitchen etc] 地下室的 (dìxiàshì de)
(noun) 
Definition
a partly or wholly underground storey of a building
They live in a basement in North London.
Synonyms
cellar
crypt
people buried in the crypt of an old London church
lower ground floor (British)
vault
He ordered that Matilda's body should be buried in the family vault.
underground room

Additional synonyms

in the sense of crypt
Definition
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
in the sense of vault
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

Synonyms of 'basement'

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