About The Word Basement
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Basement
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What's The Definition Of Basement?
[n] the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage
[n] the ground floor facade or interior in Renaissance architecture Synonyms | Synonyms for Basement: cellar Related Terms | Find terms related to Basement: archives | armory | arsenal | attic | backhouse | bank | base | baseboard | basis | bathroom | bay | bearing wall | bed | bedding | bedrock | bin | bonded warehouse | bookcase | bottom | box | bunker | buttery | can | cargo dock | cellar | cellarage | chassis | chest | closet | coal bin | comfort station | conservatory | convenience | crapper | crate | crib | cupboard | cyclone cellar | dado | depository | depot | dock | drawer | dump | earth closet | exchequer | floor | flooring | fond | foot | footing | foundation | frame | fundament | fundamental | glory hole | godown | ground | grounds | groundwork | hardpan | head | hold | hole | hutch | john | johnny | johnny house | keel | latrine | lavatory | library | locker | lumber room | lumberyard | magasin | magazine | mopboard | nadir | necessary | outhouse | pavement | potato cellar | powder room | principle | privy | rack | radical | repertory | repository | reservoir | rest room | rick | riprap | rock bottom | rudiment | seat | shelf | shoemold | sill | sole | solid ground | solid rock | stack | stack room | stereobate | stock room | storage | store | storehouse | storeroom | storm cellar | stylobate | subbasement | substratum | substruction | substructure | supply base | supply depot | tank | terra firma | toe | toilet | toilet room | treasure house | treasure room | treasury | underbuilding | undercarriage | undergirding | underpinning | understruction | understructure | urinal | vat | vault | wainscot | warehouse | washroom | water closet | WC | wine cellar See Also | cellarage | floor | level | storey | story | support Basement In Webster's Dictionary \Base"ment\, n. [F. soubassement. Of uncertain origin.
Cf. {Base}, a., {Bastion}.] (Arch.)
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.
{Basement membrane} (Anat.), a delicate membrane composed of
a single layer of flat cells, forming the substratum upon
which, in many organs, the epithelioid cells are disposed.
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