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Definition of Basement
Basement

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.

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Basement Quotations

After a few months in my parents' basement, I took an apartment near the state university, where I discovered both crystal methamphetamine and conceptual art. Either one of these things are dangerous, but in combination they have the potential to destroy entire civilizations.
David Sedaris

I don't think there's anything that will make me stop doing it. There may be a time when it's not available to anyone. You may have to come listen at my basement window... but I can't stop.
Paul Westerberg

Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement.
Theodore Roosevelt

Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible. I think it's in my basement... let me go upstairs and check.
M. C. Escher

There is no victory at bargain basement prices.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Basement Translations

basement in Afrikaans is kelder
basement in Dutch is kelder
basement in Finnish is kellari
basement in French is sou-sol, sous sol, cave
basement in Hungarian is alagsor
basement in Norwegian is kjeller


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