Associations to the word «Basement»

Wiktionary

BASEMENT, noun. A floor of a building below ground level.
BASEMENT, noun. (sports) (informal) Last place in a sports conference standings.
BASEMENT BATTLER, noun. (idiomatic) (sports) A team in or around the relegation zone.
BASEMENT BATTLERS, noun. Plural of basement battler
BASEMENT MEMBRANE, noun. (anatomy) (histology) A thin sheet of fibrous cells that underlies the epithelium.
BASEMENT MEMBRANES, noun. Plural of basement membrane

Dictionary definition

BASEMENT, noun. The lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage.
BASEMENT, noun. The ground floor facade or interior in Renaissance architecture.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley