Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

basement

/ˈbeɪsmənt/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.18 in modern English

Syllables: base-ment
IPA: /ˈbeɪsmənt/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A floor of a building below ground level.

noun

A floor of a building below ground level.

noun

A mass of igneous or metamorphic rock forming the foundation over which a platform of sedimentary rocks is laid.

noun

Last place in a sports conference's standings.

Informal

Example Sentences

"Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear."

Etymology

Etymology tree English base Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English basement From base + -ment.

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

basements (plural)

Derived Forms

basemented basementful basementless basementlike basementward nonbasement semibasement subbasement

Phrases

antiglomerular basement membrane disease bargain basement bargain-basement basement apartment basement battler basement-dweller basement dweller basement-dwelling

Synonyms

cellar

Rhymes With

replacement placement displacement emplacement debasement retracement defacement abasement underreplacement

Questions

How do you pronounce basement?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbeɪsmənt/.
What does basement mean?: A floor of a building below ground level.
Where does basement come from?: Etymology tree English base Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English basement From base + -ment.

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