basement
noun /ˈbeɪsmənt/
/ˈbeɪsmənt/
- enlarge imagea room or rooms in a building, partly or completely below the level of the ground
- Kitchen goods are sold in the basement.
- a basement flat/apartment
- She lives in a two-room basement flat.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dark
- unlit
- windowless
- …
- apartment
- bar
- flat
- …
- in a/the basement
Word Originmid 18th cent.: probably from archaic Dutch basement ‘foundation’, perhaps from Italian basamento ‘column base’.