The meaning of Basement

noun

An underground cemetery consisting of a subterranean gallery with recesses for tombs, as constructed by the ancient romans.

Usage examples:

While their roman counterparts worshipped in catacombs and underground vaults, the egyptian christi…

noun

A series of underground passages and rooms where bodies were buried in the past

Usage examples:

They went down into catacombs beneath the church.

noun

A room below ground level in a house, often used for storing wine or coal.

Usage examples:

The servants led us down into a cellar

verb

Store (wine) in a cellar.

Usage examples:

It is drinkable now but can be cellared for at least five years

noun

An underground room or vault beneath a church, used as a chapel or burial place.

Usage examples:

Thirteen additional art works were packed into the central aisle, adjacent chapels and underground …

noun

A room or rooms under the floor of a church where people are sometimes buried

noun

An underground passage or cellar, especially in a tenement.

noun

Informal for toilet

noun

A part of a building below the main basement (= a part consisting of rooms that are partly or completely below the level of the ground)

Usage examples:

In the basement there is a lift that leads to the sub-basement., the boiler that heats the water fo…

noun

The crypt of a church.

Usage examples:

The spatial result resembles a cathedral crypt or an undercroft, yet it is all above ground.

noun

A roof in the form of an arch or a series of arches, typical of churches and other large, formal buildings.

Usage examples:

A gothic ribbed vault

verb

Leap or spring while supporting or propelling oneself with one or both hands or with the help of a pole.

Usage examples:

He vaulted over the gate

noun

An act of vaulting.

Usage examples:

The barman, with a practised vault of the bar, was again serving wine