basement

Meaning

  1. A floor of a building below ground level.
  2. A mass of igneous or metamorphic rock forming the foundation over which a platform of sedimentary rocks is laid.
  3. (informal) Last place in a sports conference's standings.

Synonyms

foundation wall

foundation support

basement apartment

lower floor

underground place

underground chamber

underground room

basement rock

basal complex

fundamental complex

basement complex

root complex

base frame

foundation pier

seating shoe

bellow stairs

common bed

earth pit

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
base‧ment
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbeɪsmənt/
Etymology

From base + -ment.

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