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Definition of Basement

1. Noun. The lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage.

2. Noun. The ground floor facade or interior in Renaissance architecture.

Definition of Basement

1. n. 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.

Definition of Basement

1. Noun. A floor of a building below ground level. ¹

2. Noun. (sports informal) Last place in a sports conference standings. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Basement

1. the part of a building below ground level [n -S]

Medical Definition of Basement

1. 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, 3) Hence: The rooms of a ground floor, collectively. Basement membrane, a delicate membrane composed of a single layer of flat cells, forming the substratum upon which, in many organs, the epithelioid cells are disposed. Origin: F. Soubassement. Of uncertain origin. Cf. Base, Bastion. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Basement

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