a basement partly above ground, as in a house built on a slope
semibasement in American English
(ˌsemiˈbeismənt, ˌsemai-, ˈsemiˌbeis-, ˈsemai-)
noun
a basement partly above ground, as in a house built on a slope
Word origin
[1870–75; semi- + basement]This word is first recorded in the period 1870–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: asymmetric, fifth wheel, giveaway, linkage, washoutsemi- is a combining form borrowed from Latin, meaning “half,” freely prefixed to Englishwords of any origin, now sometimes with the senses “partially,” “incompletely,” “somewhat”.Other words that use the affix semi- include: semiautomatic, semidetached, semimonthly, semisophisticated
Examples of 'semibasement' in a sentence
semibasement
The wing occupied by the mathematics section includes a basement, a semibasement, five storeys and an attic.
Bryan & Norman Westwood & Partners, Arquitectos 1964, 'Edificio en la Universidad de Liverpool', Informes de la Construccionhttp://informesdelaconstruccion.revistas.csic.es/index.php/informesdelaconstruccion/article/view/4507/5237. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
It has a semibasement, housing the services, and some spare rooms and other facilities, described in the enclosed plans.
Haind, Friedrich F. 1964, 'Sanatorio para la infancia, en Munich', Informes de la Construccionhttp://informesdelaconstruccion.revistas.csic.es/index.php/informesdelaconstruccion/article/view/4489/5572. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
It has two underground floors, a semibasement, and six floors, which house all the various activities of this medical centre.
Tapia-Ruano Rodrigáñez, M., Flórez Plaza, F. 1966, 'Centro de Traumatología y Rehabilitación, en Barcelona, España', Informes de la Construccionhttp://informesdelaconstruccion.revistas.csic.es/index.php/informesdelaconstruccion/article/view/4190/4828. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The semibasement contains a number of rooms related to the study, such as a room forshowing slides, and archives.
Dingemans en de Vries, Arquitectos 1969, 'Casa – estudio en Utrecht – Holanda', Informes de la Construccionhttp://informesdelaconstruccion.revistas.csic.es/index.php/informesdelaconstruccion/article/view/3617/4076. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)