basement

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/ˈbeɪsmənt/

noun 4

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

dark, unlit, wndowless

bargain

The online store offered bargain basement prices on last season's clothes.

BASEMENT + NOUN

apartment, bar, flat, kitchen, room, studio | door, stairs, steps, window | car park

PREP

in a/the ~

The hotel's gym and swimming pool are located in the basement.

Definitions

noun

A floor of a building below ground level.

Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.

A floor of a building below ground level.

A mass of igneous or metamorphic rock forming the foundation over which a platform of sedimentary rocks is laid.

Last place in a sports conference's standings.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below

cellar

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

basement battler

A team in or around the relegation zone.

The Cottagers had previously gone eight games without a win and had slipped into the relegation zone over Christmas, with boss Hughes criticised by fans after their 3-1 home defeat

Example Bank

Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little

Wiktionary

The burglar locked the couple in the basement.

Tatoeba · #19195

The laundry room is in the basement.

Tatoeba · #273363

The basement has been made over into a workshop.

Tatoeba · #277070

My neighbours who built their house upon a rock ended up with a damp basement.

Tatoeba · #558789

The old harp was stored in the basement.

Tatoeba · #871327

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, basement is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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