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as in cellar
a room or set of rooms below the surface of the ground
we store our bicycles in the basement during the winter
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as in bottom
the lowest part, place, or point
the basement of the outdoor fountain needs a lot of restoration work
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Recent Examples of basement
Taking the place of No Name Saloon and High West on your nightly circuit could be Sundown Saloon (pool and pitchers in a basement), Jungle (Mai Tais in the Rockies) or Bohemian Biergarten (European beer hall).
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Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 4 Apr. 2025
When Ava fell off a chair and got her neck caught in the slats of a wooden fence in the basement, no one was there to help.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2025
Investigators zeroed in on lead paint in a basement bathroom as the likely source of the child’s lead poisoning.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
On Wednesday night, many of those grateful patrons, including your author, crammed into the basement to witness the last performances on the Hill Country stage.
—Victoria Knight, Axios, 28 Mar. 2025
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Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 4 Apr. 2025
When Ava fell off a chair and got her neck caught in the slats of a wooden fence in the basement, no one was there to help.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2025
Investigators zeroed in on lead paint in a basement bathroom as the likely source of the child’s lead poisoning.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
On Wednesday night, many of those grateful patrons, including your author, crammed into the basement to witness the last performances on the Hill Country stage.
—Victoria Knight, Axios, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for basement
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No, the team isn’t in the cellar in the division standings already.—
Emily Curiel,
Kansas City Star,
5 Apr. 2025
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Archaeologists found an iron knife with brass stripes dating back to the Roman Empire buried deep beneath the cellar floor of an outbuilding.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2025
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To view recorded video, tap the Playback button at the bottom of the screen.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
10 Apr. 2025
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Titanic remained undiscovered at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean until an expedition led by Jean-Louis Michel and Robert Ballard reached the wreck on September 1, 1985.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
10 Apr. 2025
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Winter typically sees an average of 16 feet of snowfall, while cherry blossoms bloom a cool two weeks behind Tokyo.—
Paul Jebara,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Apr. 2025
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The Grand Hyatt Indian Wells is also well set up for meetings of various sizes, with a total of 88,000 square feet of meeting space.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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Analysts say that Walmart can use its enormous scale and wide supplier base to keep prices down for customers, even as tariffs raise its costs.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2025
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Lefkowitz’s base case implies the broad index will end the year marginally in the red, as his current target of 5,800 suggests the benchmark will slide 1.4% in 2025.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Basement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/basement. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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