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Definition of basement
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
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Examples of basement in a Sentence
we store our bicycles in the basement during the winter
the basement of the outdoor fountain needs a lot of restoration work
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Berton's workspace is at the bottom of a staircase in the basement of his Oak Park home.
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Beach Slang Beach Slang perfectly captures a post-punk rock 'n' roll angst that dominated the basements and cars of kids in the late 1980s and early '90s: loud, frustrated, sneakily sentimental, unashamedly vulnerable.
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The building, Good said, is minutes from the courthouse and, with four stories and a dry basement at 27,265 square feet, would have room for storage, as well as offices from the courthouse and the administration building.
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The three-story Friary has about 27,000 square feet of space, including a basement that most recently was occupied by a laundry and meeting space.
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The original Dale’s Cellar Restaurant later relocated to the basement of the old Essex House on Sixth Avenue North in 1966.
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In the age of smartphones, social media and cyber hacking fears, vintage typewriters that once gathered dust in attics and basements are attracting a new generation of fans across the U.S.
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In the basement of the West Wing, Reed Cordish, an assistant to the president who has been a lead on both Infrastructure Week and Workforce Development Week, shares an office with his counterpart Chris Liddell.
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Buffalo Rock Ginger Ale got its start in 1901 in the basement of Birmingham’s Alabama Grocery Company.
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BASEMENT Defined for English Language Learners
basement
playDefinition of basement for English Language Learners
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: the part of a building that is entirely or partly below the ground
BASEMENT Defined for Kids
basement
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: the part of a building that is partly or entirely below ground level
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