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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Basement \Base"ment\, n. [F. soubassement Of uncertain origin. Cf {Base}, a., {Bastion}.] (Arch.) 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. {Basement membrane} (Anat.), a delicate membrane composed of a single layer of flat cells, forming the substratum upon which in many organs, the epithelioid cells are disposed. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: basement n 1: the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage [syn: {cellar}] 2: the ground floor facade or interior in Renaissance architecture
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