'Basement' definitions:
Definition of 'basement'
(from WordNet)
noun
The lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage [syn: basement, cellar]
noun
The ground floor facade or interior in Renaissance architecture
Definition of 'Basement'
From: GCIDE
- Basement \Base"ment\ (b[=a]sment), n. [F. soubassement. Of uncertain origin. Cf. Base, a., Bastion.] (Arch.) The outer wall of the ground story of a building, or of a part of that story, when treated as a distinct substructure. (See Base, n., 3 (a) .) Hence: The rooms of a ground floor, collectively. [1913 Webster]
- Basement membrane (Anat.), a delicate membrane composed of a single layer of flat cells, forming the substratum upon which, in many organs, the epithelioid cells are disposed. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'basement'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- archives,
- armory,
- arsenal,
- attic,
- backhouse,
- bank,
- base,
- baseboard,
- basis,
- bathroom,
- bay,
- bearing wall,
- bed,
- bedding,
- bedrock,
- bin,
- bonded warehouse,
- bookcase,
- bottom,
- box,
- bunker,
- buttery,
- can,
- cargo dock,
- cellar,
- cellarage,
- chassis,
- chest,
- closet,
- coal bin,
- comfort station,
- conservatory,
- convenience,
- crapper,
- crate,
- crib,
- cupboard,
- cyclone cellar,
- dado,
- depository,
- depot,
- dock,
- drawer,
- dump,
- earth closet,
- exchequer,
- floor,
- flooring,
- fond,
- foot,
- footing,
- foundation,
- frame,
- fundament,
- fundamental,
- glory hole,
- godown,
- ground,
- grounds,
- groundwork,
- hardpan,
- head,
- hold,
- hole,
- hutch,
- john,
- johnny,
- johnny house,
- keel,
- latrine,
- lavatory,
- library,
- locker,
- lumber room,
- lumberyard,
- magasin,
- magazine,
- mopboard,
- nadir,
- necessary,
- outhouse,
- pavement,
- potato cellar,
- powder room,
- principle,
- privy,
- rack,
- radical,
- repertory,
- repository,
- reservoir,
- rest room,
- rick,
- riprap,
- rock bottom,
- rudiment,
- seat,
- shelf,
- shoemold,
- sill,
- sole,
- solid ground,
- solid rock,
- stack,
- stack room,
- stereobate,
- stock room,
- storage,
- store,
- storehouse,
- storeroom,
- storm cellar,
- stylobate,
- subbasement,
- substratum,
- substruction,
- substructure,
- supply base,
- supply depot,
- tank,
- terra firma,
- toe,
- toilet,
- toilet room,
- treasure house,
- treasure room,
- treasury,
- underbuilding,
- undercarriage,
- undergirding,
- underpinning,
- understruction,
- understructure,
- urinal,
- vat,
- vault,
- wainscot,
- warehouse,
- washroom,
- water closet,
- WC,
- wine cellar