Associations to the word «Basement»

Wiktionary

BASEMENT, noun. A floor of a building below ground level.
BASEMENT, noun. (sports) (informal) Last place in a sports conference standings.
BASEMENT BATTLER, noun. (idiomatic) (sports) A team in or around the relegation zone.
BASEMENT BATTLERS, noun. Plural of basement battler
BASEMENT MEMBRANE, noun. (anatomy) (histology) A thin sheet of fibrous cells that underlies the epithelium.
BASEMENT MEMBRANES, noun. Plural of basement membrane

Dictionary definition

BASEMENT, noun. The lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage.
BASEMENT, noun. The ground floor facade or interior in Renaissance architecture.

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.