basement story

  • 1basement — n. Ground floor, lowest story, basement story …

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  • 2Basement — 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) .) …

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  • 3Basement membrane — 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 …

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  • 4basement — [bās′mənt] n. [ BASE1 + MENT] 1. the foundation or lower part of a wall or structure 2. the lowest story of a building, below the main floor and wholly or partly below the surface of the ground 3. Geol. the oldest layer of igneous and metamorphic …

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  • 5basement — lowest story of a building except the cellar, 1730, from BASE (Cf. base) (n.) + MENT (Cf. ment) …

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  • 6Basement — This article is about the section of a building. For other uses, see Basement (disambiguation). An unfinished basement used for storage and exercise equipment …

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  • 7basement — /bays meuhnt/, n. 1. a story of a building, partly or wholly underground. 2. (in classical and Renaissance architecture) the portion of a building beneath the principal story, treated as a single compositional unit. 3. the lowermost portion of a… …

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  • 8basement — base•ment [[t]ˈbeɪs mənt[/t]] n. 1) a story of a building, partly or wholly underground 2) archit. (in classical and Renaissance architecture) the portion of a building beneath the principal story, treated as a single compositional unit 3) archit …

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  • 9basement — The lowest story of a building; the story which is wholly or partially lower than the surface of the ground …

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  • 10basement house — noun : a dwelling in which the principal drawing rooms are located at least one story above ground level with the main entrance at ground level or one story above and reached by exterior steps …

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