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Meaning of Basement | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈbeɪsmənt

Definitions

  1. A floor of a building below ground level.
  2. Ellipsis of semi-basement, a floor mostly below grade
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
  3. A mass of igneous or metamorphic rock forming the foundation over which a platform of sedimentary rocks is laid.
  4. Last place in a sports conference's standings.
    informal

Equivalents

العربية البدروم سرداب
Български дъно
Bosanski palnica pelnica podrum подрум
Čeština podzemí suterén
Ελληνικά υπόγειο
Español zócalo
Français socle
עברית מרתף
हिन्दी तलघर
Hrvatski palnica pelnica podrum подрум
Bahasa Indonesia ruang bawah tanah
Italiano basamento
日本語 地下室 地階
한국어 지하 지하실
Português embasamento
Српски palnica pelnica podrum подрум
Svenska källare urberg
Türkçe bodrum
Tiếng Việt hầm

Examples

“Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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