basement
- noun
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A floor of a building that lies under the ground, often used for keeping things or for machines such as a boiler.
The boiler and the washing machine are down in the basement.
Heavy rain flooded the basement and ruined two old armchairs.
Their band practises in a basement under a music shop.
Take the stairs down to the basement for the shoe department.
Common collocations: in the basement · down to the basement · a damp basement · a basement flat · basement window
Part of: Rooms, Buildings and places
Forms
- plural
- basements