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Word | Basement |
the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage / the ground floor facade or interior in Renaissance architecture / The outer wall of the ground story of a building, or of a part of that story, when treated as a distinct substructure. ( See Base, n., 3 (a).) Hence: The rooms of a ground floor, collectively. / the lowest part of a building, usually below the ground / the floor of a building partly or entirely below ground level., | |
Usage | ⇒ The house is divided horizontally so that she has the basement and ground floor and he has the first and second. ⇒ I have a basement apartment |
Synonyms | cellar, bottom, vault, base, footing, foundation, floor, basis, bed, substratum, crypt, foot, groundwork, hold, wall, ground, nadir, attic, baseboard, bedrock, |
Antonyms | admirable, alpine, apex, apogee, avert, ceiling, dignified, dislodge, grand, head, lofty, noble, pleasant, summit, tip, top, peak, |
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