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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary base·ment ETYMOLOGY probably from base (I) DATE 1613 1. the part of a building that is wholly or partly below ground level 2. the ground floor facade or interior in Renaissance architecture 3. the lowest or fundamental part of something; specifically : the rocks underlying stratified rocks 4. chiefly New England : a toilet or washroom especially in a school English Etymology basement "lowest story of a building except the cellar," 1730, from base (n.). Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 basement base·ment / 5beismEnt / noun a room or rooms in a building, partly or completely below the level of the ground 地下室: Kitchen goods are sold in the basement. 厨房用具在地下室出售。 a basement flat / apartment 设在地下室的一套房间 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English basement noun ADJ. dark, unlit, wndowless | bargain (often figurative) bargain basement prices BASEMENT + NOUN apartment, bar, flat, kitchen, room, studio | door, stairs, steps, window | car park PREP. in a/the ~ The canteen is down in the basement. OLT basement noun ⇨ basement Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: bargain basement , or bargain-basement , or basement complex , or basement house , or basement membrane , or american basement , or english basementbase·ment \ˈbāsmənt\ noun (-s) Usage: often attributive Etymology: probably from base (I) + -ment 1. : the architectural member that serves as a pedestal or substructure for the main order; specifically : the ground floor facade in Renaissance architecture 2. a. : the part of a building that is wholly or partly below ground level; especially : such a room having overlaid or hard-surface flooring and housing a furnace — compare cellar b. : the interior at ground level in a basement house or in a building having a basement facade 3. : the lowest or fundamental part of anything < the basement of the fountain — Charles Dickens > 4. a. : basement complex b. : a compact firm rock underlying less firmly consolidated earth materials < atolls can grow on various types of basements — F.P.Shepard > 5. chiefly New England : an indoor school toilet or washroom < the boy's basement > |
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