basement

IPA: bˈeɪsmʌnt

A floor of a building below ground level.
(geology) A mass of igneous or metamorphic rock forming the foundation over which a platform of sedimentary rocks is laid.
(sports, informal) Last place in a sports conference's standings.

Examples of "basement" in Sentences

The basement is close, but the path, as always, is blocked.
The next day, do the same with what I call basement letters.
Anything older would be ‘bargain basement’, deserving (at best) $0.99 apiece.
The flood in the basement is a less uplifting indicator that a major thaw is underway.
The scene in the basement is a flower-power nightmare version of the daytime variety shows on Japanese television.
It was amongst the jars my mother-in-love gave me many years ago from her fruit room that's what she called her basement canning storage room.
He then started talking about the Country Music Hall of Fame and how he wished he could go into what he called the basement to see where they keep "the good stuff."
Slamming my head repeatedly against the steel support post in the basement is the only certain solution, but I might wake up a Republican congressman. hc carey says:
Instead of getting all vexed, Scooby and Shaggy-style, they should have thanked his blonde temp ... tress (Ali Larter doing a bargain basement impression of Sharon Stone at her most bargain basement) for adding some excitement to their lives.