basement

B1 Topic:House & Home
US /ˈbeɪsmənt/
noun Freq #2787

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A room or floor of a building that is below ground level.

    We keep our old furniture in the basement.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a room or floor of a... cellar
Word family
Forms basements
Derived forms bargain-basementbasement-dwellerbasement-dwellingbasementedbasementfulbasementlessbasementlikebasementwardnonbasementsemi-basementsemibasementsubbasement

Etymology

From base + -ment.

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