basement — a room or set of rooms below the level of the ground floor
Part of speech: NOUN
Definition: a room or set of rooms below the level of the ground floor
Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈbeɪsmənt/
Korean meaning: 지하실, 지하층
Korean pronunciation: 베이스-먼트 (강세: 베이스)
Example Sentences
- My mom always threatens to turn my messy room into basement storage.
- The basement flooded, so now our old photo albums are having a pool party.
- He lives in a basement apartment near the university.
basement
NOUN//ˈbeɪsmənt//
a room or set of rooms below the level of the ground floor
💡 Concept
Moving boxes to underground room
🎵 Rhyme
Planning basement placement, making every replacement!
🎤Pronunciation
🇺🇸 US/ˈbeɪsmənt/
🇬🇧 UK/ˈbeɪsmənt/
🌳Etymology
Rootbase
Suffix--ment
Origin
base(기초, 밑바닥)에서 유래된 단어로, 건물의 가장 아래층을 의미하게 되었습니다. 말 그대로 건물의 '베이스(기반)'가 되는 공간이죠.
🎵Rhyme
acementplacementreplacement
acement
placement
replacement
🔗Collocations
finished basement
basement apartment
basement storage
flooded basement
basement level
basement window
📝Examples
😄 Fun example
“My mom always threatens to turn my messy room into basement storage.”
😄 Fun example
“The basement flooded, so now our old photo albums are having a pool party.”
“He lives in a basement apartment near the university.”
😄 Fun example
“The basement is the perfect place to hide from family gatherings.”
📚Related Words
Synonyms
cellarunderground roomlower levelsubterranean floor
Antonyms
atticupper floorpenthouse
Related
foundationcrawl spacebunkerstorage roomrecreation room
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