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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
basement/ˈbeɪsmənt/

▶noun

1 a room or floor which is partly or entirely below ground level.

2 Geology the oldest formation of rocks underlying a particular area.

– origin C18: prob. from archaic Du. basement ‘foundation’, perh. from Ital. basamento ‘column base’.

'basement' also found in these Oxford entries:

area - areaway - basement membrane - beer cellar - below - rathskeller - semi-basement

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