BASEMENT Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

basement

noun

ˈbās-mənt

Definition of basement

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 After the basement flooded circa 2002, Wysocki says, the house was doomed. — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2026 Another 100 bodies fill the basement of Oleshky’s hospital, said Tetiana Hasanenko, the exiled head of the city’s Ukrainian military administration. — Yuras Karmanau, Chicago Tribune, 17 Oct. 2026 The Dakota and Ojibwe language archive that leaders feared was lost in a Minneapolis fire survived, and it is being moved to the basement vault of an old bank building. — Eric Henderson, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 The scene was filmed in the basement of the Woolworth Building in Tribeca. — Emily Zemler, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for basement

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Noun

Just below the pool area is the spa, which features a Finnish sauna, treatment room, and a plunge pool surrounded by cellars of sea salt used to exfoliate the body.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2026
The bourbon was initially matured for seven years and then spent nine weeks in the distillery’s limestone cellar to finish.

— Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of cellar

Noun

Before digging into that, the interface looks a lot like macOS, with an app drawer at the bottom of the screen with a search function and a status bar at the top with app-level options, time, battery, notifications, and connectivity controls.

— Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
Broil on the middle rack until the top side is toasted, then flip and toast the bottom (watch it carefully).

— Candy Hom, AJC.com, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of bottom

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North of the center near Kakinada, the storm could cause about 3 to 5 feet of storm surge, where onshore winds pile water against the coast.

— Aoife Walsh, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
Part of that is due to a drawdown of two to three feet for work to be done, but the rainfall since hasn't been enough to refill it.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026

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