Definition of basement Basement

/bejˈsmʌnt/ - [beysmunt] - base•ment

We found 9 definitions of basement from 6 different sources.

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What does basement mean?

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WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: basements

basement - the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage
  cellar
  storey, story, level, floor a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; "he writes stories for the magazines"
basement - the ground floor facade or interior in Renaissance architecture
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • basement (Noun)
    A floor of a building below ground level .
  • basement (Noun)
    Last place in a sports conference standings.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • basement (a.)
    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.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • basement
    A floor of a building below ground level.
  • basement
    The lowermost portion of a building, partly or wholly below ground level, often used for storage.

Wikipedia Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • The basement is the lowest room in some buildings, almost always below the ground.

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