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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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Literary usage of Basement

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"The basement may occupy only a small part of the whole height of the structure, ... It frequently happens that there is a double basement ; that is to say, ..."

2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"In neither of ihe leases is there any express agreement for the use of Ihe elevator in lowering goods from the sidewalk to the basement room, ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1892)
"As shown in the plans two stories are included beside a high basement and an attic floor. Each story is 16' high, and the attic is the equivalent of another ..."

4. Guide to the County Archives of California by California Historical Survey Commission, John Francis Davis (1919)
"That which is listed as being in the south basement has since been overhauled and some ... This basement is at the south end of the Hall of Records, ..."

5. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College by Museum of Comparative Zoology, John E. Cadle, Harvard University (1905)
"In some species the basement layer is fully equal to the integument in thickness, while in other forms of the same genus it may be but a small fraction of ..."

6. Bulletin by Ghana Geological Survey (1898)
"The structure of the region can therefore be considered under two headings. (a) The highly folded Precambrian basement. ..."

7. Publication[s] (1904)
"on the left of the hall gives access to the basement by a small circular ... The basement would be lighted, in either case, by small area windows not show- ..."

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