Definitions for basement
basement
base·ment
Spelling: [beys-muh nt]
IPA: /ˈbeɪs mənt/
Basement is a 8 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.
You can make 345 anagrams from letters in basement (abeemnst).
Definitions for basement
noun
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a story of a building, partly or wholly underground.
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(in classical and Renaissance architecture) the portion of a building beneath the principal story, treated as a single compositional unit.
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the lowermost portion of a structure.
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the substructure of a columnar or arched construction.
Origin of basement
First recorded in 1720-30; base1 + -ment