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noun
- 1. the floor of a building which is partly or entirely below ground level: "they went down the stairs into the basement"
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BASEMENT definition: 1. a part of a building consisting of rooms that are partly or completely below the level of the…. Learn more.
1. : the part of a building that is wholly or partly below ground level. 2. : the ground floor facade or interior in Renaissance architecture. 3. : the lowest or fundamental part of something. specifically : the rocks underlying stratified rocks. 4. chiefly New England : a toilet or washroom especially in a school. 5. a.
The basement of a building is an area partly or completely below ground level, with a room or rooms in it.
Definition of basement noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. a story of a building, partly or wholly underground. (in classical and Renaissance architecture) the portion of a building beneath the principal story, treated as a single compositional unit. the lowermost portion of a structure. the substructure of a columnar or arched construction. basement.
base·ment. (bās′mənt) n. 1. The substructure or foundation of a building. 2. The lowest habitable story of a building, usually below ground level. 3. A complex of undifferentiated igneous and metamorphic rocks underlying sedimentary strata.
BASEMENT definition: a room or set of rooms that is below ground level in a building: . Learn more.
A basement is a room that's below ground level, underneath the first floor. You might have a laundry room with a washer and dryer in your basement.
The substructure or foundation of a building. The foundation or lower part of a wall or structure. The lowest habitable story of a building, usually below ground level. The lowest story of a building, below the main floor and wholly or partly below the surface of the ground.
base•ment (bās′ mənt), n. a story of a building, partly or wholly underground. Architecture (in classical and Renaissance architecture) the portion of a building beneath the principal story, treated as a single compositional unit. Architecture the lowermost portion of a structure.
