Basement Definition
bāsmənt
noun
The substructure or foundation of a building.
American Heritage
The foundation or lower part of a wall or structure.
Webster's New World
The lowest habitable story of a building, usually below ground level.
American Heritage
The lowest story of a building, below the main floor and wholly or partly below the surface of the ground.
Webster's New World
A complex of undifferentiated igneous and metamorphic rocks underlying sedimentary strata.
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Other Word Forms of Basement
Noun
Singular:
basement
Plural:
basementsOrigin of Basement
Probably base –ment (perhaps influenced by French soubassement subfoundation)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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base + -ment.
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