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/ˈbāsmənt/,
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basements, plural;
  1. The floor of a building partly or entirely below ground level

  2. The oldest formation of rocks underlying a particular area


  1. the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage
  2. the ground floor facade or interior in Renaissance architecture
  3. (based) having a base; "firmly based ice"
  4. A basement is one or more floors of a building that are either completely or partially below the ground floor. ...
  5. Basement is a 2010 British horror film, starring Danny Dyer and written by Ewen Glass about six friends who are lured into a basement for a sinister experiment.
  6. In geology, the terms basement and crystalline basement are used to define the rocks below a sedimentary platform or cover, or more generally any rock below sedimentary rocks or sedimentary basins that are metamorphic or igneous in origin. ...
  7. Mecca And The Soul Brother is the critically acclaimed 1992 debut album from the Mount Vernon duo, Pete Rock & CL Smooth. The album contains their best known song, "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.). ...
  8. The Basement (1966) is a television filmscript and stage play by Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter (1930–2008). It was written first as a screenplay for a film, then revised into a filmscript for television, and also produced on stage.
  9. A floor of a building below ground level; Last place in a sports conference standings
  10. (Basements) Another sneaker slang term for takkies or trainers; around Cape Town, South Africa.
  11. (Basements) Make sure that basement windows and doors have built-up barriers or flood shields. Inspect sump pumps to ensure they work properly. A battery backup system is recommended. The sump pump should discharge as far away from the house as possible.
  12. (BASED) PL/I storage class, meaning "found by following a pointer." The way this language construct dovetails with the 645 hardware's pointer registers is elegant and compelling. ...
  13. (0-based) Refers to the system's indexing beginning with the number 0 (zero, instead of the number 1 [one]).
  14. (Based) Excella Gionne (the host) and many Majini corpses (biomass)
  15. The area of a home below ground level.
  16. The conditioned or unconditioned space below the main living area or primary floor of a building.
  17. To dream that you are in a basement, foretells that you will see prosperous opportunities abating, and with them, pleasure will dwindle into trouble and care. See Cellar.
  18. That portion of a building which is partly or completely below grade.
  19. Hangar deck of the aircraft carrier.
  20. Any area of the building, including any sunken room or sunken portion of a room, having its floor below ground level (subgrade) on all sides.
  21. The usable part of a building that is located partially or completely beneath the outside ground level.
  22. The lowest floor in a castle tower. It was often used for storage
  23. Humor via cartoonist Bob Eckstein, who oversees a band of worthy contributors
  24. Generally a storage area below the building and ground level.  Not a legal living area.
  25. Complex of igneous and metamorphic rock that underlies the sedimentary rocks of a region.